Rahm Emanuel Calls Trump’s NFL Comments ‘Cynical Ploy’ to Distract from Failures

Emanuel Calls Trump’s NFL Comments “Cynical Ploy” To Distract From Failures (CBS Chicago)

Mayor Rahm Emanuel accused President Donald Trump of trying to divide the nation in criticizing NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem, calling the president’s comments a “cynical ploy to distract people” from his administration’s failures.

The mayor said presidents are supposed to bring the nation together, but he said Trump’s provocative statements and Tweets about the kneeling protests sought to divide Americans.

“There’s a part of me that also thinks it was a cynical ploy to distract people from what was happening on health care, what was not happening in Puerto Rico, and what they were attempting to do on health care but also on North Korea,” the mayor said.