David Zirin: Trump Was Wrong to Think NFL Players Were Easy Targets

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ZIRIN: "I think he definitely cares, because his comments late in the day, as he was asked by a reporter, are you calling for people to boycott the NFL? Of course, he said throughout the day over Twitter, like retweeting things, calling for boycotts, telling people to walk out of the stadium if players take a knee. His response was, no, no, of course I'm not saying people should boycott the NFL. So what Donald Trump thought was that he had an easy target for some venom, go after dissenting black NFL players. Very easy target for his audience. He found out instead that he reaped the whirlwind to paraphrase the bible. He went too far. And not only did he have these players coming out against him, but some of his biggest monetary backers in the United States, people who gave millions of dollars to his re-election campaign, were putting out statements against him."