Trump Tells Fans Attending NFL Games that When Players Protest the Anthem, ‘Just Pick up and Leave the Stadium’
RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
TRUMP: "They disrespect our flag.
[Cheers and applause] Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a bitch off the field?
[Cheers and applause]
[Chanting "U.S.A.") ]
TRUMP: "You know, some owners are going to do that. He will say, that guy who disrespect our flag, he is fired . That owner, they don't know what. They are friends of mine, many of them. They will be the most popular person for a week. They will be the most popular person in the country because that is a total disrespect of our heritage. That is a total disrespect of everything we stand for, ok? Everything that we stand for. And I know we have freedoms and we have freedom of choice and many, many different freedoms. But you know what? It is still totally disrespectful. When the NFL ratings are down massively, massively, the NFL ratings are down massively. The number one reason happens to be they like watching what is happening. "