Jerry Jones Takes A Knee: Dallas Cowboys Owner Joins Entire Team During National Anthem Protest
Jerry Jones made a statement with the entire Dallas Cowboys team on Monday, taking a knee during the national anthem as part of a show of unity.
The team-wide act was one of the largest on a weekend that saw protests spread across the league in response to Donald Trump’s criticism on Friday. During a rally in Alabama, Trump called on NFL owners to fire any players who decided to take a knee during the national anthem, a demonstration started last year by Colin Kaepernick in protest of police brutality of minorities.
“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a b***h off the field right now. He is fired. He’s fired!” Trump said (via CNN). “Total disrespect of our heritage, a total disrespect of everything that we stand for. Everything that we stand for.”
