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Cornell Brooks Slams Trump’s Attack on NFL Players: He’s the ‘Racial Opportunist-in-Chief’
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CNN Newsroom

Name: CNN Newsroom
URL: https://www.cnn.com/shows/newsroom
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Poppy Harlow
, Cornell William Brooks

Name: Poppy Harlow
Employment: CNN
Position: Correspondent

Name: Cornell William Brooks
Employment: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Position: President and CEO
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08/10/2018 12:16 pm
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HARLOW Abby you re ░░░░░░░░ right and such important ░░░░░░░░ for us on the ░░░░░░░░ as you know of ░░░░░░░░ year since the deadly ░░░░░░░░ the Right protest in ░░░░░░░░ Abby thank you for ░░░░░░░░ reporting I ll get ░░░░░░░░ to you in a ░░░░░░░░ with more headlines out ░░░░░░░░ the president But let ░░░░░░░░ stick with this for ░░░░░░░░ Back with me is ░░░░░░░░ correspondent Andy Scholes Cornell ░░░░░░░░ former president and CEO ░░░░░░░░ the NAACP also joins ░░░░░░░░ So Cornell this morning ░░░░░░░░ I m reading the ░░░░░░░░ s tweets what struck ░░░░░░░░ so much is this ░░░░░░░░ of the first one ░░░░░░░░ this quote and I ░░░░░░░░ the president Numerous players ░░░░░░░░ different teams wanted to ░░░░░░░░ their outrage at something ░░░░░░░░ most of them are ░░░░░░░░ to define This is ░░░░░░░░ social injustice in America ░░░░░░░░ he is saying that ░░░░░░░░ American men who are ░░░░░░░░ or staying in the ░░░░░░░░ room or raising their ░░░░░░░░ are unable to define ░░░░░░░░ that is like BROOKS ░░░░░░░░ The president is essentially ░░░░░░░░ that American citizens who ░░░░░░░░ standing up for the ░░░░░░░░ under the Constitution are ░░░░░░░░ stupid too ignorant unable ░░░░░░░░ articulate what in fact ░░░░░░░░ re standing against These ░░░░░░░░ know full well that ░░░░░░░░ black men are 21 ░░░░░░░░ more likely to lose ░░░░░░░░ life at the hands ░░░░░░░░ police than his white ░░░░░░░░ These players understand full ░░░░░░░░ that police misconduct goes ░░░░░░░░ unchecked in this country ░░░░░░░░ that black and brown ░░░░░░░░ are essentially the punching ░░░░░░░░ of bad policing and ░░░░░░░░ unaccountability The president knows ░░░░░░░░ but our commander in ░░░░░░░░ is in fact the ░░░░░░░░ opportunist in chief in ░░░░░░░░ country.”
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