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Fox's Shep Smith: It's being framed as players attacking the anthem, troops, & the flag....that's not what they're doing and we're complicit
3:38 PM - Sep 25, 2017
CNN host Don Lemon had similar words on the controversy in his opening monologue, Monday night: "Taking a knee is a constitutionally protected expression. It falls within [National Football] League rules — period. If anyone actually believes this is about the flag, then you must believe that Rosa Parks' protest was about a bus. Think about that."
Fox's Shep Smith: It's being framed as players attacking the anthem, troops, & the flag....that's not what they're doing and we're complicit
3:38 PM - Sep 25, 2017
CNN host Don Lemon had similar words on the controversy in his opening monologue, Monday night: "Taking a knee is a constitutionally protected expression. It falls within [National Football] League rules — period. If anyone actually believes this is about the flag, then you must believe that Rosa Parks' protest was about a bus. Think about that."
