Fmr. NFL Player Ephraim Salaam: Taking a Knee Is Not a Sign of Disrespect to the Flag

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SALAAM: "Well, it is misdirected because we’re losing focus of what the initial protest was about. Donald Trump came out and made some disparaging comments about S.O.B.'s being NFL players who protested and then the owners and the players in a show of solidarity locked arms and did this whole pageantry type of 'We’re together' unity type of thing. And all the while Jerry Jones, who is the owner of the Dallas Cowboys who is a good friend of Donald Trump and donated money to his campaign ended up doing what Donald Trump said anyway. He came out and made a statement yesterday about if anyone protests and takes a knee — he says, if anyone disrespects the flag, which is taking a knee, they would be benched. But taking a knee is not a sign of disrespect to the flag, just FYI, but in his mind if anyone does anything according to him that’s disrespectful to the flag, they’ll be benched."