Politico: Trump says Pence’s trip to NFL game was ‘long planned’
President Donald Trump on Monday morning doubled down on Vice President Mike Pence's trip to the Indianapolis Colts game Sunday, saying it was "long planned."
"The trip by @VP Pence was long planned. He is receiving great praise for leaving game after the players showed such disrespect for country!" the president wrote on Twitter.
Pence left an Indianapolis Colts game on Sunday after several players on the opposing San Francisco 49ers team kneeled in protest during the national anthem.
"I left today's Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem," Pence wrote on Twitter on his official @VP account following his departure.
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WNU Editor: The media and opponents to Trump are still having a meltdown from what Vice President Pence did yesterday .... calling this a stunt .... It’s not the cost of Pence’s trip that was galling. It was the preparation for it. (Washington Post). More here .... Donald Trump just used Mike Pence for a PR stunt (CNN). What's my take .... DUH!!!!! .... this is what push-back looks like. For those who love the NFL and who are seeing it under attack in the matter that it is .... this push-back is something that people are applauding. And while some players and many in the media are condemning VP Pence on what he did .... like I have said more than once .... no one has a monopoly on righteous anger and moral .... least of all players who earn tens of millions of dollars who feel that because they can play football elevates them to this "beyond-reproach" status. And as for those who oppose President Trump .... they still cannot accept the fact that when they push against him .... he pushes back .... something that even members of the Republican party have trouble accepting .... Republican U.S. Senator Bob Corker Warned On Sunday Tthat President Trump is Putting The U.S. On A Path To World War Three.
