JUST IN: Congressman Announces NFL Boycott That Has GOP Fuming

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Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) has become a one-man boycott. Although he loves football, he refused to watch until the National Football League (NFL) lifts its kneeling ban. Is Ellison just the first?

Ellison has served as the Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee since 2017, and he has given up something he adores – football. His boycott was directed at the NFL’s recent ruling to ban kneeling.:

‘Friends who know me, know that I love football. But I won’t be watching this NFL season because of the unfair cowardly and idiotic kneeling ban. .’

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NFL free agent Colin Kaepernick started the movement in 2016 as a way of protesting racial injustice. As a result, the former San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback was blackballed.

Donald Trump came down on the league hard on the league. Then, he used his magic political wand to turn an honorable silent protest into something completely different.

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In the Trump World of slanted facts, the players were not kneeling to protest police violence against people of color. No, Trump renamed the silent dissent as disrespecting the U.S. flag – which it was not – and of not being patriotic.

Fox interviewed Trump last week on Fox & Friends. There he even disagreed with the league’s attempt to compromise by limiting the players to their locker rooms during the national anthem:

‘I think that’s good. I don’t think people should be staying in the locker rooms, but still, I think it’s good. You have to stand proudly for the national anthem.’

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Then, Trump rolled the dice and took a giant step forward. He said that anyone who does not follow his rules does not belong “in the country:”

‘You shouldn’t be playing, you shouldn’t be there. Maybe they shouldn’t be in the country.’

The president of these United States continues to press against all the boundaries in order to see how far he can go.

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Twitter world blew up after Ellison tweeted. He is one of the first people in Congress to be brave enough to call the president on his alternative facts. Check out some more of our favorite tweets below:

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