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Topic Started: May 18 2018, 03:18 AM (15 Views)
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WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump says National Football League team owners are ”afraid of their players.” And he’s still calling for action against those who kneel during the national anthem to protest racial injustice.

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The president spoke in an interview that aired Thursday on ”Fox and Friends.” He says ”most people agree” with him.

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NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart called the president’s statements ”inaccurate.”

”I believe there was a statement our owners are afraid of our players and owners requested intervention by political leaders to kick this off,” Lockhart said. ”Those statements are not accurate.”

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