Latest Breaking News
Showing Original Post only (View all)Mnuchin: NFL players 'can do free speech on their own time' [View all]
Source: Politico
By KEVIN ROBILLARD 09/24/2017 10:06 AM EDT
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin backed President Donald Trump's days of attacks on NFL players, saying athletes "can do free speech on their own time."
Since a Friday rally in Alabama, Trump has suggested players who have knelt during the national anthem in order to protest racism and police brutality should be kicked out of the league. Most players who have participated in the protests are black.
"I think what the president is saying is that the owners should have a rule that players should have to stand in respect for the national anthem," Mnuchin said on ABC's "This Week." "This isn't about Democrats, it's not about Republicans, it's not about race, it's not about free speech. They can do free speech on their own time. That this is about respect for the military and first responders in the country."
Mnuchin made similar remarks Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."
more
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/352126-mnuchin-on-if-there-will-be-no-absolute-tax-cut-for-upper-class-it-was-never-a
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/24/nfl-players-mnuchin-trump-free-speech-243065