«It seems so timely right now as we have these conversations about the
football players kneeling during the
anthem at the NFL
games, led by Colin Kaepernick and the controversy that's arisen around it,» he says, referencing the demonstrations by dozens of NFL players protesting racial injustice and police brutality.
The Democrat is urging the San Francisco 49ers
footballer, who's sitting out the
anthem at games to protest race relations in America, to get to his feet in honor of the 15th anniversary of the attacks.