Ryan on NFL: When You Do It on the Flag and the Anthem, You’re Protesting Against the Ideals of America

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RYAN: “What I don’t think people see from the get-go is when you do it on the flag and the anthem, it -- it looks like you’re -- you're protesting against the ideals of America, the -- the -- the patriotism, the people who put their lives on the line, given their life for the country. So I just don’t think the -- the proper — I think it’s misguided to protest the anthem and the flag, because people don’t see it as -- as an issue, some political issue, they see it as protesting against the people who have given their lives for this country and the ideals that we all strive for to make a more perfect union."