Dan Crenshaw Has A Message For Those Offended By American Revolution Flag
On Tuesday, former Navy SEAL Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) weighed in on the controversy over Nike pulling the “Betsy Ross Flag” edition of a shoe after the original national anthem protester, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, complained that some might find it “offensive.” Those who have a problem with the flag of the American Revolution, Crenshaw suggested, might want to find a “permanent safe space” — or communist Cuba, which Kaepernick infamously praised in 2016.
The “Betsy Ross Flag” controversy earlier this week occurred amid reports that Nike let Kaepernick — with whom the company signed a multi-million-dollar deal last year and who has repeatedly denigrated the United States — convince the company to pull a patriotic edition of a shoe featuring the original 13-star flag created by Ross during the American Revolution. The flag, Kaepernick suggested, might offend some people because of potential association with an era of slavery and its adoption by some on the far-right, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Nike’s decision has prompted Arizona’s Republican governor to pull the financial incentives offered to Nike to build a manufacturing facility, two Democratic governors — California’s Gavin Newsom and New Mexico’s Michelle Lujan Grisham — to praise Nike and attempt to court them for the facility, and multiple Democratic presidential candidates to cheer Nike for dropping the patriotic shoe.
Crenshaw, who earned two Bronze Star Medals, the Purple Heart, and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with valor for his ten years as a Navy SEAL — during which time he lost an eye due to an IED blast — had a far different reaction than Democratic lawmakers. . .
If you’re offended by a shoe celebrating the flag of the American Revolution, it’s a good indication that you may be better off living in a permanent safe space.
Or Cuba.
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) July 3, 2019
Crenshaw’s reference to Cuba is particularly relevant in the Nike/Kaepernick debate, as the former San Francisco 49ers QB sparked outrage, particularly among Miami’s Cuban population, for celebrating Fidel Castro during his final season in the NFL. When a Cuban reporter from the Miami Herald called out Kaepernick for wearing a shirt featuring Castro and Malcolm X with the caption “Like minds think alike,” Kaepernick responded by praising the brutal dictator. (Read more from “Dan Crenshaw Has A Message For Those Offended By American Revolution Flag” HERE)
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