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applegrove

(118,652 posts)
Wed Feb 6, 2019, 07:45 PM Feb 2019

IT'S NEVER A MISTAKE TO 'STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN,' DESPITE WALKING OUT OF NFL GAME OVER

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BY TIM MARCIN at Newsweek

https://www.newsweek.com/mike-pence-never-mistake-stand-beliefs-nfl-shutdown-kaepernick-sotu-1320897

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Vice President Mike Pence defended President Donald Trump's fight over his long-promised border wall by saying Trump was simply standing up for his beliefs. 

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"I never think it's a mistake...to stand up for what you believe in. What the American people admire most about this president is he says what he means and he means what he says in a very real sense," Pence said. "He said there's a crisis at our southern border. He said he was determined to get the funding to build a wall and secure our border. And he was willing to take a stand to accomplish that"

But Pence has previously acted against people standing up for their beliefs, even if that "standing up" meant kneeling. 

As Vox's Aaron Rupar tweeted: "Pence walked out of a NFL game because players protested racism."


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IT'S NEVER A MISTAKE TO 'STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN,' DESPITE WALKING OUT OF NFL GAME OVER (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2019 OP
K and R for unvarnished truth. nt Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #1
Correction... lame54 Feb 2019 #2
Great post malaise Feb 2019 #3
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