Players for a professional fast-pitch softball team criticized a tweet by the ScrapYard Dawgs about players standing for the national anthem.
Two-time Olympic softball player Cat Osterman’s summer tour might be over as soon as it began.
Osterman tweeted on Monday night that she “will not represent” the ScrapYard Dawgs due to the team’s activity on social media. A tweet published by the professional softball team on Monday showed a picture of Osterman and other players standing for the national anthem. The caption for the since-deleted tweet read “Hey @realDonaldTrump Pro Fastpitch being played live @usssaspacecoast @USSSAPride Everyone respecting the FLAG!”
Nearly four years ago, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began to protest police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem. Kaepernick was eventually joined in his peaceful protest by other athletes. President Donald Trump, however,
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