A look at Trump's attacks on athletes
by Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times
Nov 24, 2017
4 minutes
President Donald Trump has berated them on Twitter and at rallies as disrespectful ingrates who deserve punishment.
Athletes and their surrogates, similar to some political foes and celebrities, have upset him. As is his nature, the president has responded in ways that have generated intense publicity, often via tweets.
In recent months, Trump has called on the NFL to suspend or fire players who have not stood during the national anthem, a position many players have embraced to draw attention to police brutality against African-Americans. Nearly 70 percent of the athletes in the league are black.
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