President Trump set the sports world on fire Friday night when he blasted the “son of a b****” national anthem protesters and called on fans to “leave the stadium” if they saw any players kneeling. While the response from most of the league and virtually all of the sports commentators was predictable, the reactions of two of Trump’s so far most faithful defenders was not. Both New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and living legend quarterback Tom Brady have joined the chorus of condemnations of Trump’s “divisive” comments.
Before pulling off yet another game-winning drive on Sunday, during the singing of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” Brady linked arms with his fellow Patriots, seventeen of whom knelt while the others stood arm-in-arm in “solidarity” with their America-protesting peers. The protest was met with loud, prolonged boos from fans, something Trump noted in one of his many #BoycottNFL tweets.
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