NFL/PROTESTS/SPORTS: “And I think what the, uh, football ought to get back to football and basketball to basketball and let politics remain separate. And if people wanna protest, they can. But they shouldn’t be protesting on the sidelines during a football game, especially when they’re making $10 million a year for something that they’d be doing anyway for free if they weren’t in the league or the NFL or in the NBA. But the NBA in particular, I mean, their ratings have gone down. I’ve never seen anything like it.
But the NFL too. People don’t wanna see it, and they want to have these players stand and salute, or put their hand over their heart, or at least stand for the national anthem and salute. They want to — they want to respect the American flag. They want respect for our country. They want respect for the American flag.”
-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Eric Bolling of Sinclair Holds a Town Hall With Donald Trump – October 21, 2020,” factba.se, Oct. 21, 2020