New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees apologized multiple times last week for his comments against kneeling during the national anthem. His wife, Brittany, followed it up with an apology of her own on Saturday.“I write this with tears in my eyes and I hope you all hear our hearts,” Brittany Brees wrote. “I have read these quotes and scripture 1000 times and every time I read it and the words sink into my heart. I think yes this is what it’s all about...Only until the last few days, until we experienced the death threats we experienced the hate… Did I realize that these words were speaking directly to us.. how could anyone who knows us or has had interactions with us think that Drew or I have a racist bone in our body? But that’s the whole point. Somehow we as white America, we can feel good about not being racist, feel good about loving one another as God loves us.“We can feel good about educating our children about the horrors of slavery and history. We can read books to our children about Martin Luther King, Malcolm X., Hank Aaron, Barack Obama, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman.. and feel like we are doing our part to raise our children to love , be unbiased and with no prejudice,” Brittany Breez continued. “To teach them about all of the African Americans that have fought for and risked their lives against racial injustice. Somehow as white Americans we feel like that checks the box of doing the right thing. Not until this week did Drew and I realize THAT THIS IS THE PROBLEM. To say “I don’t agree with disrespecting the flag” .. I now understand was also saying I don’t understand what the problem really is, I don’t understand what you’re fighting for, and I’m not willing to hear you because of our preconceived notions of what that flag means to us.She continued: “That’s the problem we are not listening, white America is not hearing. We’re not actively LOOKING for racial prejudice. We have heard stories from men and women we have known and loved for years about the racism that occurred in their lives .. stories that were never shared or talked about because somehow they were considered normal. To all of our friends and anyone we hurt ...we will do better.. We want to do better, we want to HEAR you, and we will fight for you because thinking we are not part of the problem...is checking the box it means we are are not doing enough. It’s our job to educate ourselves. We are sorry.”
Brees should have stuck with his original opinion as he has so many years past......is Brees & his wife scared of losing popularity amongst the public? All these accolades mean nothing once you've left this earth, so don't bend or lay down your beliefs & character for anyone or any cause that you yourself don't believe in.
In retrospect, I'm thinking she and Drew must have received a lot of threats. That's what these simpleton fucking idiots do, they're violent and their intent is to ruin lives of the people that disagree with them.
These are the assholes that RIOT, destroy their neighbors property, physically threaten conservative speakers, couldn't function after the 2016 election, get in the face of people in restaurants, lied about the Covington High School kids, LIE about everything, are the least educated and most uninformed, hate hate hate hate hate
If that's you, YOU'RE SCUM. I don't believe in mincing any words
You're NOT the solution, you're the problem, just like you've been told for your entire pitiful life. You're that social reject
These are the assholes that RIOT, destroy their neighbors property, physically threaten conservative speakers, couldn't function after the 2016 election, get in the face of people in restaurants, lied about the Covington High School kids, LIE about everything, are the least educated and most uninformed, hate hate hate hate hate
If that's you, YOU'RE SCUM. I don't believe in mincing any words
You're NOT the solution, you're the problem, just like you've been told for your entire pitiful life. You're that social reject
Attack 82 year old veterans
Attack children's hospitals
Murder retired police officers and film them dying
Shoot politicians playing baseball
Burn their own neighborhoods down
Live off of welfare fraud
Sell drugs
Consume drugs, tell us how cool it is
Ambush & murder law enforcement officers
Attack children's hospitals
Murder retired police officers and film them dying
Shoot politicians playing baseball
Burn their own neighborhoods down
Live off of welfare fraud
Sell drugs
Consume drugs, tell us how cool it is
Ambush & murder law enforcement officers
Actually it was prior to the National Anthem being played and it's about as disingenuous as it gets to claim otherwise (but can't say I'm surprised by the bogus claim).
Players for both the Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints took a knee on the field today during the opening moments of a football game on Sunday in London, the day after President Trump tweeted that it is “very important” that players stand up for the playing of the national anthem.
Dolphins receiver Kenny Stills, tight end Julius Thomas and safety Michael Thomas took a knee for the United States national anthem. Afterwards, along with every other player on the team, they stood up for the playing of the United Kingdom national anthem, "God Save the Queen."
Across the field at the game at Wembley Stadium, the entire New Orleans Saints team took a knee for a moment, then rose as a group as "The Star-Spangled Banner" played.
The decision by the Saints appeared to follow the Dallas Cowboys’ lead. On Monday night, before “America’s Team” competed against the Arizona Cardinals, the players and their owner, Jerry Jones, displayed their own version of unity by kneeling on the field before rising as a group prior to the playing of the national anthem.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/nfl-players-kneel-anthem-london-game/story?id=50209433
