The Super Bowl-themed message was sent by the Trump Make America Great Again Committee.
A campaign email sent prior to this evening’s Super Bowl on behalf of President Donald Trump accuses Democrats of refusing to stand for the national anthem.
“They won’t stand for the National Anthem,” the Trump Make America Great Again Committee’s message says.
“They won’t stand for record-low unemployment, a booming American economy, or a call for American unity at the President’s first State of the Union. So we’re not sure what the Democrats will stand for. But our President stands for AMERICA, the FLAG, and our HEROIC veterans.”
The president has often circled back to “The Star-Spangled Banner” and other traditional hallmarks of patriotism as a way to rally his base. Throughout the 2017 NFL season, he criticized players who knelt during the anthem. Following his State of the Union address to Congress last Tuesday, after which many seized on Democrats’ decisions to stand or remain seated, Trump seems intent on linking the two.
Trump declined NBC’s invitation for a customary pre-Super Bowl interview, CNN reported Thursday, although he agreed to one during last year’s Super Bowl — which was shown on Fox — with Bill O’Reilly.
Launched in May 2016, the Trump Make America Great Again Committee is a joint effort between Trump and the Republican National Committee. The president filed re-election paperwork the same week he was inaugurated, and last year, he raised more than $73 million with the help of several political action committees, The Wall Street Journal reported.
