8. Not A Touchdown
In August 2016, when Colin Kaepernick first decided to sit down during the national anthem (it would soon change into taking a knee) at an NFL preseason game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers, it would spark a political debate that would divide the country. Some believed Kaepernick has the right to peacefully protest against racial inequality however he chooses, while many on the right saw it as disrespectful, none more than President Trump.
So when vice president Mike Pence attended an Indianapolis Colts game they were hosting the San Francisco 49ers, Kaepernick’s former team, walked out as soon as the players took the knee, they so desperately wanted it to like a spontaneous moment of outrage. The problem with that was that Pence had already told his press pool to be ready to capture photos of his prompt exit.
Trump would eventually weigh in on this so-called spontaneous event by tweeting that it was indeed a planned political stunt orchestrated by Trump himself. A political stunt that cost the American taxpayer over $240,000.
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