Trump on National Anthem Day: 'We all proudly stand for the national anthem'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY LUIS SANCHEZ - 03/03/18 09:55 AM EST

President Trump on National Anthem Day said all Americans should “proudly stand for the national anthem,” echoing his frequent demand that professional athletes stand during the national anthem.

“We salute our great American flag, we put our hands on our hearts for the Pledge of Allegiance, and we all proudly stand for the National Anthem,” Trump said in a video taken at CPAC that he retweeted on Saturday.

Link to tweet

Last year, the president began a feud with the National Football Association after he said team owners should fire players that kneel during the national anthem.

Trump has repeatedly said that professional athletes should stand during the national anthem. He has brought up the hot-button issue during widely seen events, like the State of the Union and the Super Bowl.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376563-trump-on-national-anthem-day-we-all-proudly-stand-for-the-national

[Canoe52]

1. I didnt even know we had a National Anthem Day

I guess according to the orange dumpster I must be anti-american?

[dalton99a]

2. .

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

13. Sure he does. You just have to be a lip-reader.

A very bad lip reader.

[Dave Starsky]

14. That is NOT a bad lip reading.

I'd say the "translator" nailed it!

[TheSmarterDog]

16. Maybe he'd do better with this one -

[Stargazer99]

3. My answer to Trump-go to hell the same hell this country put me through

At the tender age (under 5 yrs) my country exposed me to radiation (Hanford Washington) in which at the age of 70 I had to have 3/4 of my thyroid removed due to 3 different types of cancer...what a nasty thing to do to a human being. I suffer from fatigue despite medication. My oldest adult daughter died from lack of medical care because we could not afford the doctor's fees (and she was working at a low paying job). And you expect me to honor this country? I am not that crazy.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. How long has this been a thing?

Or did Congress pass a resolution to humor the Toddler-In-Chief?

[ChazInAz]

5. I don't.

I refused to pledge allegiance to the flag in elementary school, due to the crap I got daily because of my Slavic "behind the Iron Curtain" name during the McCarthy years.
Viet Nam resulted in my sitting out the national anthem. I've seen no reason to change since then.

[Cold War Spook]

6. Our national anthem

has been our national anthem for only 87 years. When someone tells me I should stand for the national anthem, I go okay, recite the 4 stanzas of it and I will. I didn't even know there were 4 stanzas. I guess our founding fathers didn't think we needed a national anthem. I personally like the Russian national anthem the best.

[rownesheck]

7. fuck the national anthem.

racist, authoritarian horse shit. Never knew there was a national anthem day. Dipshits probably just made it up and people just fell in line acting like it's been around forever. Just like the sudden popularity of eating grilled cheese and tomato soup together.

[dreamboat]

12. Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup

That's not new, dear. I ate that as a young kid--it was a mainstay in our house. I am 59 now...

I think the "popularity" of it was just that someone mentioned it, reminding everyone, and now everyone talks about it. Really, though, I like it to peanut butter and jelly--poor man's lunch.

[rownesheck]

15. I know.

I like to annoy people (mostly my wife) by saying things like that. I always say "I'm 42. If i haven't heard about or seen something by now, it's simply just been made up." People just usually think I'm stupid.

[joanbarnes]

8. You mean the Russian anthem? Or the American one-the one you don't know the words to?

[duforsure]

9. Coming from Putin's puppet

Who allows Putin to attack our country still to help him rig more elections ,then wants people to believe he's a patriot. illegitimate 45 is a phony.

[pangaia]

10. Maybe trump wouldn't stand for Oliver Wendell Holmes' added 5th stanza !

From WIKI---

In indignation over the start of the American Civil War, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.[41] added a fifth stanza to the song in 1861, which appeared in songbooks of the era.[42]

When our land is illumined with Liberty's smile,
If a foe from within strike a blow at her glory,
Down, down with the traitor that dares to defile
The flag of her stars and the page of her story!
By the millions unchained who our birthright have gained,
We will keep her bright blazon forever unstained!
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave
While the land of the free is the home of the brave.

[truthisfreedom]

11. Hey dotard! Learn the freakin lyrics!

Maybe if you did a little more reading and a little less tweeting...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

17. Thankfully, it's also National Mulled Wine Day

so I will hoist a glass and stand for mulled wine. While I can stand.

[paleotn]

18. The greatest show of patriotism is actually exercising one's rights...

thus, I sit for the anthem. Sorry, but I just not into Nuremberg type festivities.

[FailureToCommunicate]

19. Stand for our national anthem? That would be nice...