Did a Navy commander zing America-hating Colin Kapernick during the 75th anniversary ceremony at Pearl Harbor?
During a remembrance event for those who served and died during the attacks by Japan in 1941, Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr. noted, “You can bet that the men and women that we honor today and those that died that fateful morning 75 years ago never took a knee and never failed to stand when they heard our National Anthem being played.”
#PACOM Commander: Pearl Harbor vets “never took a knee. never failed to stand” during National Anthem. #PearlHarbor75 @PacificCommand pic.twitter.com/xXoFwJILz4
— U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) December 7, 2016
His comment was met with thunderous applause with many audience member giving a standing ovation.
Harris was undoubtedly referring to San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has led a national wave of athletes who have refused to stand for the National Anthem in recent months.
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