#TakeTheKnee: Top tweets following the president’s comments on the NFL

The Pittsburgh Steelers players take the field immediately following the playing of the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

By Maghen Moore

Sept 24, 2017

The first Sunday after President Donald Trump made comments, and tweets, about the NFL and players kneeling during the national anthem caused a trending topic on Twitter as the week’s game progressed: #TakeTheKnee.

#TakeTheKnee #VetsForKaepernick do what we must to try and maintain the true meaning of democracy... pic.twitter.com/Hdf1Q43fAp
— matthew aiken (@TruMattBlu) September 24, 2017

After scoring a TD, New Orleans @Saints Brandon Coleman raise his ✊ in the air! #TakeTheKnee

📷: SiNow pic.twitter.com/R1TwSKG9iO— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) September 24, 2017

Let NFL players #TakeTheKnee in solidarity. We can take the remote and turn off the tv in solidarity too. It's truly that simple.
— Not Elizabeth (@NotElizabeth88) September 24, 2017

Don't pretend #TakeTheKnee is about freedom of speech. Players are fined for dancing in the end zone. The NFL is choosing to be political.
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) September 24, 2017

I have better things to do than watch a bunch of overpaid un-American idiots chase after a ball on a grass field on my Sundays. #TakeTheKnee
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) September 24, 2017

Rico Lavelle finished his national anthem in Detroit by taking a knee and raising a fist to the sky. #TakeTheKnee pic.twitter.com/DL0lFR7X3F
— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) September 24, 2017

Tweets above were on the ‘Top’ tweets under #TakeTheKnee.

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Maghen Moore