Ted Cruz wants America to protest Kaepernick

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is fed up with professional football players protesting the national anthem, which began when San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick chose not to stand during the song at a preseason game earlier this month.

Following a weekend that began the new NFL season and featured a number of copycats kneeling or holding up a fist during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Cruz took to Twitter to express his dismay Monday at what he sees as an insult to the nation and its “heroes.”