Burgess Owens: NFL should not welcome back ‘Marxist’ Kaepernick

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A former NFL player and supporter of President Trump running for Congress in Utah said the NFL is wrong to show tolerance for Colin Kaepernick and his social justice activism.

“We have too many Americans now accepting the notion that the flag should be a place where people should be ashamed of or take a knee, that’s what it comes down to,” Burgess Owens, who played for the New York Jets in the 1970s, told Sports Illustrated.

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