The New Orleans Saints QB has been widely criticized for suggesting he’d never agree with players kneeling during the national anthem.
Martin Luther King’s daughter Bernice King has joined the chorus of voices criticizing New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees for suggesting players who knelt during the national anthem « disrespected the flag of the United States. »
The protests began in 2016 when then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick first knelt during the anthem to protest racial discrimination and police brutality.
The gesture transformed Kaepernick into a global icon but split public opinion, with President Donald Trump labeling players who joined the protests « sons of b****** » and urging team owners to fire them.
In the wake of the protests over George Floyd’s death, a large number of players could take a knee during the national anthem in the upcoming NFL season.
Brees, however, reiterated he would never agree with the protest.
« I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country, » the 41-year-old said in an interview with Yahoo Finance on Wednesday.
« Let me just tell what I see or what I feel when the national anthem is played and when I look at the flag of the United States.
« I envision my two grandfathers, who fought for this country during world war two, one in the Army and one in the Marine Corps.
