Trump: I Told Pence to Leave Colts Game If 49ers Kneeled
 

(Newser) - Vice President Mike Pence left the 49ers-Colts game early Sunday after more than 20 of the 49ers players kneeled during the national anthem. Pence, the former governor of Indiana, was in Indianapolis to celebrate Peyton Manning's jersey retirement and induction into the Colts' Ring of Honor during Sunday's game at Lucas Oil Stadium; after leaving the game, he sent out a series of tweets explaining his decision, ESPN reports. "I left today's Colts game because President Trump and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem," he wrote. "At a time when so many Americans are inspiring our nation with their courage, resolve, and resilience, now, more than ever, we should rally around our Flag and everything that unites us."

He continued, "While everyone is entitled to their own opinions, I don't think it's too much to ask NFL players to respect the Flag and our National Anthem. I stand with President Trump, I stand with our soldiers, and I will always stand for our Flag and our National Anthem." Trump himself also weighed in on Twitter: "I asked @VP Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country. I am proud of him and @SecondLady Karen." Added Eric Trump, "Vice President Pence is truly an amazing man! Thank you for standing up for our country and for the respect of our great flag!" Per the Washington Post, the media pool was told Pence may leave the game early; members were kept in vans before the game instead of being taken inside with Pence.

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Every time he says the word soldiers a kid in Africa gets an anal wart...

It's pretty obvious they used Pence to dramatize the fake outrage. Trump admin sure isn't transparent in their dealings but it's sooo fucking easy to see right through their motives.

It's like watching a dumb dog chase it's tail..

How much money do you think this just cost the US taxpayers? How much money does it take to fly the VP and his staff, and his security detail, to see a football game? Hundreds of thousands of dollars?

This administration will spend more money on travel in one year then Obama did in eight years. So much for running this "like a business".

to get up and leave is a slap in the face to taxpayers. no protest yet :helpme:helpme

Not to mention a slap in the face to the stadium of people that stayed and watched the game as well as the people at home watching. It made Pence look like the little bitch that he is :2 cents:

The Trump administration is one failure after another :1orglaugh

Pence appears to share photo from 2014 in tweet about Colts game | TheHill

Meanwhile Nazis march again through Charlotteville

they forgot they are human.

Meanwhile, neo-Nazis were marching in Charlottesville again and not a peep from our fearless leader.

What a stupid article.

Had Pence added "#tb" they wouldn't have said a thing.

IMO this whole thing is a publicity stunt to get the NFL into somewhere other than USA. Sacrifice some US fans to gain international fans by pandering to their belief that the US commits human rights violations against blacks.

So much class.

Man, you are completely out there. :2 cents:

Paranoid schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder

if you were american you would be the ultimate sheep

but at least i can use this time to learn how so many people blindly followed the Nazis back then

Simple: A demagogue loser will attract hordes of other losers with their lies.

lol. Wasting tax payer dollars for a publicity stunt to keep the chumpanzees happy. He sends his lap dog Pence to do it!

Chump and his followers hate America and it's freedoms, they want an Autocracy and a man in charge who has no clue on how to run anything other than a family business. Which he's done poorly

The best quote about this entire thing from sports.yahoo.com

If Trump and Pence didn’t expect it to occur, you have to question their ability to analyze intelligence data and predict enemy events.

https://sports.yahoo.com/vice-presid...203624605.html

That's it right in a nut shell.. Either Trump admin is so fucking incompetent they couldn't see the obvious or it was simply the obvious a waste of tax payers dollars for a political pandering to dumb fucking Chump supporters..

To answer my own question, just for the plane it would cost $250k... Not including transportation plus security at a major event with tens of thousands of people.

Hundred of thousands of dollars just to make a stupid statement.

At least we know the answer if Trump asked Pence to jump off a bridge would he do it..

Pence obviously got the VP job because he agreed to obey Trump..

crayz shit in merica

Wow! Not a single disagreement in this thread. Nice.

Give it time! The chumpanzees are awaiting their orders on how to deflect and throw out bullshit. Their handlers are probably trying to dig up some Hillary bullshit to sling!

He should applaud they have the rights to freedom of speech.

Yep $249.00 on CNN just for the round trip flight, fucking waste of money that could have gone to feeding people in the USA that have been hit by recent storms or added to the fund to help Puerto Rico or any number of humane causes. But no these fucking morons waste it to make a pointless, inane, juvenile, statement. God i hope this shit ends soon!!!

I'm sure you were perfectly fine with Biden taking in a MLB playoff game.

https://i.imgur.com/nA8BERt.jpg

Nice fake outrage.

QFT :thumbsup

another dumb dumb that can comprehend the situation .....

Hey, Bush thru a first pitch and no one complains .... but this stunt was prepared to the tax payer bill of 250K :2 cents: