U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK) smiles after he was ceremonially sworn-in by Vice President Joseph Biden in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington January 6, 2015. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Reuters: Senator says Russian internet trolls stoked NFL debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. senator on Wednesday said Russian internet trolls, seeking to polarize Americans, helped fuel a debate ignited by President Donald Trump over whether NFL players should have the right to kneel during the national anthem.
The assertion, made by Republican James Lankford, comes as congressional investigators probing Moscow’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election are focusing on how Russian agents used social media to spread divisive political content.
”We watched, even this weekend, the Russians and their troll farms, their internet folks, start hashtagging out #TakeAKnee and also hashtagging out #BoycottNFL,” Lankford, who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said during a hearing on threats faced by the United States.
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Update #1: GOP senator: Russian trolls using NFL controversy to stir divisions in U.S. (CBS/AP)
Update #2: Russian trolls used social media to fuel NFL national anthem debate, Senator says (FOX News)
WNU Editor: Yup .... it is those damn Russians who made all of those NFL players go on their knee, lock arms, or stay in the locker-room during the playing of the national anthem.
You aren't that important that the Russians are going to care one way or another what you do or what the NFL does or does not do. The American presidential election is not important enough that Russia was going to spend much time or effort worrying about.
ReplyDeleteSome people have an over inflated view of themselves. Such people need to get over themselves and they need to go away and LEAVE THE REST OF US ALONE!!
I would like to know what this guy is smoking....
ReplyDeleteGiven the paucity of black players in the NHL I was wondering if/when taking a knee will will move into the NHL and then came this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/joel-ward-nhl-anthem-kneel-donald-trump-1.4308835
Lankford is a Progressive dog!
ReplyDeleteDrop your cable football package.
ReplyDeleteChange you past time.
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Roger says the football players have freedom of speech. Really?
ReplyDelete1) Third NFL Player This Season Is Fined For Honoring Deceased Parents Using Their Appearance - Think Progress
2) More Hypocrisy in the NFL as DeAngelo Williams Gets Fined for Trying to Fight Breast Cancer - Advocacy/Lawyer site
3) NFL rules out player's patriotic cleats - CNN
Here is the Snopes inoculate the Democrats version
www.snopes.com/nfl-fining-players-for-wearing-911-memorial-cleats/
Snopes btw has an interesting divorce between the founder and his wife. Very juicy. It is like seeing Democrat Party sausage being made.
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