Ruth Bader Ginsburg was right about Colin Kaepernick

Published October 13, 2021 8:15pm ET



Former NFL player Colin Kaepernick and former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are both cult heroes on the Left. But apparently, the late justice did not view Kaepernick’s antics through the same rose-colored glasses of many of her ideological allies.

Back in 2016, Ginsburg said in an interview with former Today host Katie Couric that Kaepernick’s protests were “dumb and disrespectful” and athletes should be free to protest even if “they want to be arrogant.” But Couric, who has chopped up segments in the past to promote specific narratives, cut some of Ginsburg’s other comments.

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