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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's recent "activism" is "sympathetic to ISIS," according to Rep. Steve King During an interview earlier this week on the conservative NewsmaxTV's "America Talks Live," King speculated that Kaepernick's "Islamic" fiancA e might have inspired his recent protests. Kaepernick already made headlines this football season with his refusal to stand during the national anthem in protest of oppression of blacks in the U.S. His own protest has inspired other players on other teams to do the same.
Rock and roll superstar Kid Rock had a very blunt and simple message for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. "Fuck Colin Kaepernick!" shouted to the crowd at Fenway Park late Saturday night during his concert as he sang his hit song "Born Free."
HANGZHOU, China - President Barack Obama Monday acknowledged that for some people it is a "tough thing" to see Colin Kaepernick kneel instead of stand for the American flag and national anthem, but defended the NFL quarterback, saying he was "exercising his constitutional right to make a statement." The flag and anthem have so much meaning for many men and women in uniform and others who have defended the country that the style of Kaepernick's protest may make it difficult for them to "hear what his deeper concerns are," Obama said.
President Barack Obama says the NFL quarterback who is refusing to stand for the national anthem is the latest in a long line of professional athletes who have exercised their constitutional right to make a statement about social issues. The president was asked at a news conference Monday about Colin Kaepernick's protest gesture.
Obama said NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is the latest in a long line of sports figures to protest about social issues. Obama defends Kaepernick's national anthem protest Obama said NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is the latest in a long line of sports figures to protest about social issues.
Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers stands on the field prior to the game against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium on Sept. 1. President Barack Obama said San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's decision not to stand for the U.S. national anthem before games is both his constitutional right to exercise as well as a stinging symbol to military members and veterans.
Long-lost sisters aged 13 and 14 are reunited after one was adopted and taken to Kentucky three years ago, while the other was left at a Chinese orphanage without knowing they were related Santa Clara cops threaten to stop staffing 49ers games if Colin Kaepernick continues his police brutality protest as quarterback insists he's not anti-American 'It was my own insecurities': Lena Dunham responds to Twitter backlash after she accused Odell Beckham Jr of snubbing her at Met Gala Indiana man, 28, who was on the run almost two months after 'kidnapping and raping a woman he chained up in his basement' surrenders to police at court house The secret in the garden: A seven foot deep tunnel is found hidden in the yard under a '$6m West Village apartment block' - and it could have COLLAPSED neighboring properties New York Giants legend Lawrence Taylor is arrested for DUI after 'he hit a motorhome ... (more)
Two NFL players join Kaepernick's national anthem protest: Crowd boos 49ers quarterback after he kneels alongside team mate and Seahawks player in demonstration against 'inequality' in the US Now the Mexican President calls Trump 'a real threat' - hours after being branded a 'traitor' for going easy on him when the pair met Seahawks player Jeremy Lane joins 49ers' Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid in protest by REFUSING to stand during the national anthem before his game in Oakland Chicago endures bloodiest month in decades with 90 people killed in August alone - more than the number of homicides in New York and Los Angeles COMBINED Hermine makes landfall: A hurricane hits Florida for the first time in 11 years with 80mph winds leaving 100,000 without power What's in a name? Florida hurricane Hermine whips up a storm on Twitter over whether it should be called Hermione - or Harambe Double ... (more)
Donald Trump says San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's refusal to stand for the national anthem is a "terrible thing." Trump tells KIRO radio in Seattle that Kaepernick "should find a country that works better for him.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump criticized San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick for refusing to stand for the National Anthem in a preseason game on Friday. "I think it's personally not a good thing," Trump said Monday on The Dori Monson Show.
Defiant, and determined to be a conduit for change, Colin Kaepernick plans to sit through the national anthem for as long as he feels is appropriate and until he sees significant progress - specifically when it comes to race relations in the United States. He knows he could be cut by San Francisco for this stand.
On Sunday 49ers quarterback said that presidential candidate Donald Trump was "openly racist." A day later, Trump suggested Kaepernick find "another country that suits his personal beliefs."
Defiant, and determined to be a conduit for U.S. change, Colin Kaepernick plans to sit through the national anthem for as long as he feels is appropriate and until he sees significant progress in America - specifically when it comes to race relations. He knows he could be cut by San Francisco for this stand.
One black man is shot dead by police while selling CDs outside of a convenience store in Louisiana. A day later, another is fatally shot by an officer in Minnesota during a traffic stop over a tail light.
NOVEMBER 1: Colin Kaepernick #7 of the San Francisco 49ers throws a pass against the St. Louis Rams in the second quarter at the Edward Jones Dome on November 1, 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri. The dual-threat quarterback posted a video of the shooting to Instagram with the caption, "This is what lynchings look like in 2016! Another murder in the streets because the color of a man's skin, at the hands of the people who they say will protect us.