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hoolstoptheheels

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We're not going to see eye to eye on this one.


Watching the NewsHour as I type and just saw the clips of Trump campaign style speeches. Passionate calls to fire people, obviously playing to his base and playing with his history w/ the Apprentice. While I don't believe it gets to the level of actual Constitutional violation, I think it is a violation in spirit; it flirts with freedom of speech when the pres can be seen as exerting pressure. It is wrong, and it elevated the actions of athletes far beyond where it was before, and if Kraft started cutting guys for kneeling (he won't; the league is unified against Trump), as a supposed Trump guy, he'd likely have legal problems he would not have had if Trump stayed out of it.

Trump is great at changing the subject, and that's all he's doing IMO.

Edit: forgot to say I am highly skeptical that you'd feel different if this were a dem pres on the attack.
[Post edited by hoolstoptheheels at 09/25/2017 6:59PM]

(In response to this post by TomKazanski)

Posted: 09/25/2017 at 6:57PM



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I can see why Trump is an authority on the American flag -- WahooMatt05 09/24/2017 7:18PM
  Most importantly it's Trump focusing on trivial matters. -- hoolstoptheheels 09/25/2017 09:41AM
  Well there you have it. -- Chuck Taylor 09/25/2017 10:25AM
  He didn't demand they be fired -- TomKazanski 09/25/2017 09:54AM
  Multiple times he said they should be fired. -- hoolstoptheheels 09/25/2017 11:24AM
  Weak trying to hide behind 1A. -- TomKazanski 09/25/2017 11:48AM
  If you think that then you need a refresher on the BOR too. -- hoolstoptheheels 09/25/2017 12:00PM
  I'm with you. -- hoolstoptheheels 09/25/2017 1:14PM
  So someone giving an accurate opinion is now -- TomKazanski 09/25/2017 12:14PM
  Whatever. What makes an "opinion" "accurate"? -- hoolstoptheheels 09/25/2017 1:10PM
  You post on here more than anyone -- TomKazanski 09/25/2017 11:14AM
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