The NFL owners had a choice to make last week as they grappled with the issue of NFL players kneeling to protest police brutality.
Would they stand with Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran who lost both legs in the conflict or would they stand with Donald Trump, who received multiple deferments for bone spurs during the Vietnam War and never served in the military?
After the NFL passed its new policy on standing for the national anthem, Sen. Duckworth tweeted a picture of her prosthetic legs and said, “One day my coffin will be draped with our nation’s flag just as it did with my husband’s and brothers. I will always stand on these legs for the flag and the anthem but ALSO my honor to defend people’s right to free speech.’’
Sen. Duckworth isn’t the only veteran who understands the members of the military protect the right of free speech.
Naturally, Trump took the opposite view.
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