Tag: Protests

"You know who reminded me about the game ops policy?" Jones asked. "Donald Trump." (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: Trump and Mike Pence inspired crackdown on protests during the anthem

Naomi Lim · October 10, 2017 2:40 am

Trump reportedly called Jones multiple times before a Monday night football game last month in order to urge him to make his players not kneel during the anthem. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Trump thanks Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for threatening to bench players who protest during anthem

Kyle Feldscher · October 10, 2017 1:58 am

The poem incident comes the same week that ESPN announced it had let go more than 100 reporters and on-air personalities. (AP Photo/David Kohl, File)

Beltway Confidential

Good job, ESPN: Now everyone hates you

Becket Adams · October 9, 2017 9:19 pm

Pence gave people plenty of things to talk about yesterday. This was not one of them. (@VP/Twitter)

Beltway Confidential

The ridiculous coverage of Mike Pence’s picture

Emily Jashinsky · October 9, 2017 8:49 pm

Vice President Mike Pence reacts to fans before an NFL football game between the Indianapolis Colts and the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Beltway Confidential

What is the fascination you all have on Mike Pence’s rule for being around women not his wife?

Becket Adams · October 9, 2017 7:19 pm

DeMaurice Smith, the NFL Players Association's executive director, said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and New York Giants owner John Mara, chairman of the NFL management council, told union leaders they would "respect the Constitutional rights of our members without retribution." (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Head of NFL Players Association: Kneeling is not about disrespecting the flag

Melissa Quinn · October 9, 2017 5:24 pm

"Bias in action," Ari Fleischer wrote. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ari Fleischer: Media more critical of Mike Pence walkout than NFL players taking a knee

Caitlin Yilek · October 9, 2017 4:55 pm

Kellyanne Conway said that it's offensive to criticize Vice President Mike Pence's decision to walk out of an NFL game following protests during the national anthem. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

Kellyanne Conway: ‘Offensive’ to call Mike Pence’s NFL move a stunt

Anna Giaritelli · October 9, 2017 1:09 pm

Vice President Mike Pence flew from Las Vegas to Indianapolis, then left the game shortly after arriving after NFL players didn't stand for the national anthem. He then flew to Los Angeles. (Mark Henle/The Arizona Republic via AP)

Democrats grumble about costs of Mike Pence’s NFL ‘stunt’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 9, 2017 12:35 pm

Vice President Mike Pence is winning rave reviews for his decision to walk out of an NFL game between the Indianapolis Colts and the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, after players kneeled during the national anthem. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Trump: Mike Pence getting ‘great praise’ for walking out of NFL game

Anna Giaritelli · October 9, 2017 11:26 am

This strife would be occurring even absent President Trump, for his election was a result, not the cause, of nationwide white working-class ire. And beneath the whole issue is that Democrats desperately need race as a prominent issue if they are to regain political power. They have proved themselves willing for decades to highlight racial division.

Racial politics: Democrats brought the coals, Trump fanned the flames

Timothy P. Carney · October 9, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump said the NFL was right to fine players for kneeling for the national anthem, as players for the Dallas Cowboys and many other teams did last year. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: Players won’t play if they disrespect the flag

Caitlin Yilek · October 9, 2017 1:38 am