The former NFL quarterback called the assassination of the Iranian commander part of a pattern of "American terrorist attacks against Black and Brown people."
Sen. Lindsey Graham called Colin Kaepernick a “racist” after the activist and former NFL quarterback criticized America’s airstrike assassination of Iran’s top commander.
In a tweet Saturday, Kaepernick described the hit on Iranian Maj. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad as part of a pattern of “American terrorist attacks against Black and Brown people for the expansion of American imperialism.” Kaepernick became a target of relentless criticism by President Donald Trump for taking a knee during the national anthem before football games to protest police brutality and systemic racism in America.
Threatening to target and kill innocent families, women and children - which is what you’re doing by targeting cultural sites - does not make you a “tough guy.”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez January 5, 2020 Returning Fox News host Megyn Kelly also mocked Kaepernick on Twitter. “Everything is racist. Everything,” she wrote sarcastically. “Even fighting back against terrorists who kill Americans. Nike, feeling proud?”Love HuffPost? Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.
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