Donald Trump delivered a 90-minute speech in Alabama on Friday (September 22), which was reportedly in support of Senator Luther Strange who faces an upcoming primary election on Tuesday (September 26). Things took a left turn when Trump took aim at the National Football league and brought up NFL player/activist Colin Kaepernick.
At one point, he referred to Kaepernick as “son of a bitch.”
“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘get that son of a bitch off the field right now?,'” Trump said. “‘Out. He’s fired. He’s fired!'”
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Twitter erupted with reactions to Trump’s remarks and many stood in solidarity with Kaepernick, who famously took a knee during the National Anthem during an August 2016 game against the Green Bay Packers.
Kaepernick’s mother, Teresa Kaepernick, also chimed in, writing, “Guess that makes me a proud bitch.”
Guess that makes me a proud bitch!
— Teresa Kaepernick (@B4IleaveU) September 23, 2017
Diddy, J-Live, El-P, Killer Mike, Ice-T, The Roots’ Black Thought and Questlove, Russell Simmons, Immortal Technique, and Talib Kweli, among others, took to social media to express their outrage on Trump’s comment.
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Check out their reactions below.
The crowd really approved of that, huh? Thanks 53%. Y'all still doing your thing, huh? https://t.co/4nt1IEaFtA
— Black Thought (@blackthought) September 23, 2017
Your president basically called every @NFL player that shows concern about justice for Black people killed by police, a son of a bitch.
— J-LIVE (@realjlive) September 23, 2017
.@Kaepernick7 you're an american hero. we all know it and so will history.
— el-p (@therealelp) September 23, 2017
Kap's Mom! https://t.co/E22542RCjF
— Questlove Gomez (@questlove) September 23, 2017
Kap is now a legend.
— Ferrari Sheppard (@stopbeingfamous) September 23, 2017
The @NFL must protect its heroes and not be intimidated by Trump's attacks. They must be loud, unapologetic and forceful in their response.
— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) September 23, 2017
The President is a son of a bitch.
— Immortal Technique (@ImmortalTech) September 23, 2017
I too have that movie version Playing in my mind sir https://t.co/WEPAdIT3qP
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) September 23, 2017
People… Using sports as a platform for PROTEST is nothing new… Do your History. pic.twitter.com/19nMgGLxAE
— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) September 23, 2017
I call this the Kaepernick effect. And I like it. Athletes rise up and be as great as you can be! https://t.co/Vf50Bx2pOI
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 23, 2017
Son's of bitches………………
— Killer Mike (@KillerMike) September 23, 2017
The Knee is taken!#stephcurry ##kapernick#KneeIsTakenpic.twitter.com/g5POifTYHF
— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) September 23, 2017
