Last night at a rally for Luther Strange, Trump’s pick for US Senate from the state of Alabama, he went on a bizarre rant about the NFL and players who protest during the national anthem. Appealing to his racist base, Trump said that owners should fire any player who does so.
Trump got so fired up, in fact, that he was still tweeting about it the next day!
If a player wants the privilege of making millions of dollars in the NFL,or other leagues, he or she should not be allowed to disrespect….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2017
…our Great American Flag (or Country) and should stand for the National Anthem. If not, YOU’RE FIRED. Find something else to do!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2017
But it was the words he chose in Alabama that got famed Super Bowl quarterback and original protester Colin Kaepernick’s mom fired up. Speaking to the assembled crowd of mouth-foaming bigots, Trump didn’t say Kaep’s name, but he spoke in the singular when he said “get that son of a bitch off the field!” He didn’t say “those sons of bitches,” and we all know who that racist was talking about.
So did Teresa Kaepernick.
Guess that makes me a proud bitch!
— Teresa Kaepernick (@B4IleaveU) September 23, 2017
She straight-up owned Donald Trump on Twitter. As I write this, Colin’s mom’s tweet has been liked by as many people as the total of both of Trump’s tweets referencing the speech.
People were inspired by Teresa, to say the least:
Joined Twitter just to like this tweet.
— Alex Monetti (@AlexMonetti1) September 23, 2017
We stand with you! 👏🇺🇸
— NurseMom (@RiseUpAbove) September 23, 2017
— ley 🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@Ley_KJ) September 23, 2017
Mama Kaep for the win pic.twitter.com/epQZkhqKqk
— Nicholas Wilson (@NickWilson923) September 23, 2017
You the mom!!!!! pic.twitter.com/DBkgzX1z4o
— FackingFulcans (@Fackingfulcans) September 23, 2017
— Essvari AI (@Essvari) September 23, 2017
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to see if #ProudBitch is trending on Twitter yet.
Get it trending #ProudBitch #TakeAKnee say it LOUD https://t.co/8qFQ2M9e25
— Andrew (@infuzi0n) September 23, 2017
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