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MOVEMENT ACROSS THE N-F-L...
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE DYING-THE
N-F-L... DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
DYING-DOWN ANYTIME SOON.ON THE
NATIONAL STAGE TONIGHT--
"AMERICA'S TEAM," THE DALLAS
COWBOYS...SHOWED THEIR UNITY
IN FRONT OF THE NATION.
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OF THE NATION.
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"SELLOUT CROWD IN ARIZONA"
ARIZONA"
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BRIAN:..THAT WAS THE
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COWBOYS BEFORE THE NATIONAL
ANTHEM WAS PLAYED--ANTHEM WAS
PLAYED--TAKING A KNEE AND
LINKING ARMS... ON MONDAY
NIGHT FOOTBALL.IT COMES JUST
DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP
SAID IN A RALLY--THAT ANY
PLAYER WHO KNEELED DURING THE
ANTHEM, OR DISRESPECTED THE
FLAG... SHOULD BE "FIRED."
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<I HAVEN'T WATCHED A GAME SINCE.
SINCE.
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MARLEE:..
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THIS IS A HARD-HITTING ISSUE
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT
NOW--ESPECIALLY IN HOMES...
WITH MILITARY MEMBERS PAST OR
PRESENT.
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MARLEE:..TONIGHT--WE WANTED TO
KNOW HOW SOME VETS FROM WEST
MICHIGAN... FEEL ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
THIS.BRIAN:..24 HOUR NEWS 8'S
SARAH HURWITZ WENT OUT AND
TALKED WITH SOME OF THEM--SHE
JOINS US LIVE NOW IN
STUDIO.... WITH THEIR STORY.
?SARAH?
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SARAH:..THE ISSUE'S BECOME SO
HEIGHTENED IT HAS PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP ISSUING STRONG
STATEMENTS AGAINST THE LEAGUE -
- SAYING AMERICA SHOULD
BOYCOTT THE NFL ALL
TOGETHER... BUT VETERANS
WHO'VE SERVED OUR COUNTRY HAD
WAS UNPATRIOTIC...
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IT STARTED LAST YEAR... NFL
PLAYERS SITTING... OR KNEELING
DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM TO
PROTEST RACIAL INJUSTICE...
SPARKING A DEBATE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY...
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<LLOYD LOPER/VIETNAM VETERAN)
IF I WAS THEIR EMPLOYER, I'D
FIRE THEM.
THEM.> <RICK CABLE/AIRFORCE
VETERAN) AS A VETERAN I FOUGHT
FOR THEIR RIGHT TO DO THAT.
EVEN BETWEEN THOSE WHO'VE
SERVED... THESE TWO MEN --
BOTH VETERANS FROM WEST
MICHIGAN -- HOLD DIFFERING
VIEWS ON WHETHER IT'S
UN-AMERICAN.
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<RICK CABLE/AIRFORCE VETERAN)
I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD SIT
FOR THE THINK THEY SHOULD SIT
FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BUT AS
AMERICANS WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO
DO THAT IF WE WANT TO DO THAT.>áááSTITCHááá
áááSTITCHááá <RICK
CABLE/AIRFORCE VETERAN) I
CAN'T SAY THAT I SHOULD
CRITICIZE THEM FOR DOING WHAT
I FOUGHT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE
TO DO IF THEY WANT TO DO IT.
IT.> <LLOYD LOPER/VIETNAM
VETERAN) I DON'T MIND THEM
PROTESTING BUT WHEN YOU
INVOLVE THE COUNTRY BY
DISRESPECTING THE FLAG AND THE
ANTHEM THEN I THINK THAT'S
GOING TO FAR.>áááSTITCHááá
áááSTITCHááá <LLOYD
LOPER/VIETNAM VETERAN) DO YOU
FEEL A CERTAIN PERSONAL
DISRESPECT WHEN THEY DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS? I DO.
YEP.>ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL
ALSO VOCAL WITH THIS STRONG
MESSAGE SENT IN TO US FROM
ARMY SPECIALIST MATTHEW RAUSCH
HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS SAYING
"THE FLAG IS BIGGER THAN
TRUMP, SO I WOULD NEVER KNEEL
DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. I
DO KNEEL ON BOTH KNEES EVERY
SUNDAY THOUGH. THE PAST
TREATMENT OF MINORITIES IN
THIS COUNTRY IS TERRIBLE AND
WE SHOULD LEARN FROM IT, THAT
BEING SAID I STILL THINK THERE
ARE BETTER WAYS TO PROTEST
THAN THIS. MIXING SPORTS AND
POLITICS IS TERRIBLE."
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SARAH:..
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THE DEBATE CONTINUES ON OUR
WEBSITE WOOD TV DOT COM WHERE
WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS
FROM OTHER VETERANS ON THIS
ISSUE.IN STUDIO, SH 24 HOUR
NEWS 8.
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