“Sure, folks have a First Amendment right of free speech and freedom of expression. But what happens when all of this is ill-conceived and misguided in its core? How racist can it be for multi-millionaire black athletes to have whites paying large sums of money to watch them play a game… and buy their jerseys?”

—  Allen West (politician)

2010s, Folks, you’re missing the point about the NFL protests (19 October 2017)

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American politician; retired United States Army officer 1961

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