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Marco Rubio Defends Colin Kaepernick, Belongs In the NFL
TMZ ^ | May 21, 2018 | tmz staff

Posted on 05/22/2018 1:43:45 PM PDT by Pelham

Sen. Marco Rubio is once again breaking from Donald Trump ... defending Colin Kaepernick's right to protest and telling TMZ Sports why he absolutely SHOULD be on an NFL roster.

"Look, I support his right to stand for what he does," the republican senator tells us ... "I don't agree with what he did but I support his right to do it."

"But if we're just talking football ... there aren't 63 better quarterbacks in the world."

FYI, Rubio is assuming there are 64 quarterbacks currently on NFL rosters.

Rubio said he's not sure if the NFL owners actually colluded against Colin, as Kaep is alleging in his case against the league ... but he certainly believes Colin has the talent to play with the best in the world.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society; Sports; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: colinkaepernick; florida; football; formernflqb; kaepernick; marco; marcorubio; nfl; nike; rube; rubio
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To: Pelham

Essentially NFL players are entertainers. If their total act alienates paying customers in the audience, the producers lose money. Nobody likes to lose money.


41 posted on 05/22/2018 2:26:05 PM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: Pelham
"But if we're just talking football ... there aren't 63 better quarterbacks in the world."

I thought Kaepernick made it quite clear he wouldn't accept second string money, so cut that down to 32 quarterbacks. Now how many of those would change their entire offensive style just to give him a chance because he is not a person you can drop into a normal pro-style offense. And that's not even getting into what a world class rectal orifice he is.

42 posted on 05/22/2018 2:26:28 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (I can't tell if we live in an Erostocracy (rule by sex) or an Eristocracy (rule by strife and chaos))
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To: Pelham
Rubio IS right. There aren't 63 quarterbacks better than Kaepernick. There are 263 quarterbacks better than Kaepernick.
43 posted on 05/22/2018 2:27:32 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Pelham
Sen. Marco Rubio is once again breaking from Donald Trump ... defending Colin Kaepernick's right to protest and telling TMZ Sports why he absolutely SHOULD be on an NFL roster.

Marco Rubio is a little person over impressed with football players in the NFL; that affect his judgement. Does Marco agree that social justice is more important than playing football?

I have lost interest in football across the entire spectrum from little league to high school to college to professional football.

Insulting our flag to put social justice above playing football is not what I want. Football was supposed to be an escape from the cacophony of social justice and politics outside of the stadium.

Sports that focus on playing as number one priority and the only priority now have my interest and support. I have tuned out football and tuned in baseball and hockey.

44 posted on 05/22/2018 2:33:29 PM PDT by olezip
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To: Pelham

No one wants the bum!


45 posted on 05/22/2018 2:34:28 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Pelham
#1: " bubble party aficionado Marco Rubio opines"

Marco's Grindr Profile. Marco likes:


46 posted on 05/22/2018 2:34:47 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: Pelham

FACEPALM!


47 posted on 05/22/2018 2:40:36 PM PDT by Renegade
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To: Ted Grant

“This is a man that has forgotten any dreams of becoming president and is content with his nice desk job in the US Senate.”

Was not Rush Limbaugh a big, big supporter of Marco in the Presidential campaign?


48 posted on 05/22/2018 2:44:20 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: KC Burke

Yes, Little Marco is an dolt if he cannot understand that Kaepernick had a right to protest BUT he did not have a right to an STAGE.

And forget getting paid to kneel. He didn’t.


49 posted on 05/22/2018 2:44:21 PM PDT by RedMonqey (" Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didnÂ’t.")
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To: Parley Baer

Rush called him a “rock ribbed conservative” when he was shilling for him.

I have no idea what the hell he was talking about.


50 posted on 05/22/2018 2:49:22 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: WayneS

Good advice!

Sounds like an election gimmic, “Vote for me Rubio, I’m not white nor a Trump guy!


51 posted on 05/22/2018 2:50:56 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Democrats aare having trouble with their MAMA campaign, (Make America Mexico Again), versus MAGA!)
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To: Pelham

Technically, Krappy DOES have a right to kneel as long as the team owners and execs in the NFL are willing to put up with his BS. BUT he’s not immune from any consequences of his stupidity. Did Rubio make this statement from a strictly objective, legal point of view?


52 posted on 05/22/2018 3:01:07 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: Pelham

The NFL is a business. They have every right to set the rules for their employees. Kaepernick has no right to demonstrate on the job.

NFL owners can decide what is best for their business. Athletic ability is only one factor.


53 posted on 05/22/2018 3:02:20 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Pelham

Received as an email....

To the NFL and its players,

If I have brain cancer, I don’t ask my dentist what I should do. If my car has a problem, I don’t seek help from a plumber! Why do you think the public cares what a football player thinks about politics? If we want to know about football, then depending on the information we seek, we might consult with you, but even a quarterback doesn’t seek advice on playing his position from a defensive tackle!

You seem to have this over inflated view of yourselves, thinking because you enjoy working on such a large scale stage, that somehow your opinion about everything matters. The NFL realizes the importance of its “image” so it has rules that specify the clothes and insignia you can wear, the language you use, and your “antics” after a touchdown or other “great” play. But somehow you and your employer don’t seem to care that you disgrace the entire nation and its 320 million people in the eyes of the world by publicly disrespecting this country, its flag, and its anthem! The taxpaying citizens of this country subsidize your plush work environments, yet you choose to use those venues to openly offend those very citizens.

Do you even understand what the flag of this country means to so many of its citizens before you choose to “take a knee” in protest of this “country” during our national anthem?

You may think because you are paid so much that your job is tough, but you are clueless when it comes to tough. Let me show you those whose job is really tough.

You are spoiled babies who stand around and have staff squirt GatorAid in your mouths, sit in front of misting cooling fans when it’s warm, and sit on heated benches when it’s cold. That’s not “tough” that’s pampered.

You think that you deserve to be paid excessively high salaries, because you play a “dangerous” game where you can incur career ending injuries. Let me show you career ending injuries!

You think you that you deserve immediate medical attention and the best medical facilities and doctors when injured. Let me show you what it’s like for those who really need and deserve medical attention.

You think you have the right to disrespect the flag of the United States, the one our veterans fought for, risked limbs and mental stability to defend, in many cases died for. Let me show you what our flag means to them, their families, and their friends.

You believe you are our heroes, when in reality you are nothing but overpaid entertainers, who exist solely for our enjoyment! Well, your current antics are neither entertaining nor enjoyable, but rather a disgrace to this country, its citizens, all our veterans and their families, and the sacrifices they have made to ensure this country remains free. You choose to openly disgrace this country in the eyes of the rest of the world, yet with all your money, still choose to live here rather than in any other country. People with even the slightest amount of “Class” will stand and respect our flag.. Where does that put you? You want to see heroes… here are this countries heroes!

You can protest policies, the current government, or anything else you choose, that is your right. But when you “protest” our flag and anthem, you are insulting the nation we all live in and love, and all those who have served, been injured, or died to keep it free. There is nothing you can do or say that can make your actions anything more than the arrogance of classless people, who care about themselves more than our country or the freedoms for which our veterans and their families have sacrificed so much, to ensure you have the “right” to speak freely. Our country is far from perfect, but if you can point to any other country where your freedom and opportunities are better than they are here, then you just might want to go there and show respect for their flag!

If you respect America and all those who have sacrificed so much to keep her free, please forward this to your friends and relatives. Eventually, it should end up in the mailboxes of those who choose to disrespect our country, its service members, our veterans, their families, and all of us who appreciate the freedoms America represents.


54 posted on 05/22/2018 3:09:20 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (If only Harvey Weinstein's bathrobe could talk.)
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To: Pelham

Sorry, Rubio, but you’re an idiot.


55 posted on 05/22/2018 3:10:08 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Pelham
I support his right to do it.

And I have the right not to watch the NFL anymore either unless they change their policy.

56 posted on 05/22/2018 3:11:48 PM PDT by libertylover (If people come here legally, they're immigrants; if they come here illegally, they're invaders.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
Gotta get in there with the fake news before anybody notices?
57 posted on 05/22/2018 3:14:33 PM PDT by x
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To: Pelham

Colon Kaperdick isn’t an NFL quality quarterback. His head just doesn’t pack the gear needed to be successful. In a word he is slow....strong as an ox but without the brains even an ox needs! That fact more than anything else is why no one wants him.


58 posted on 05/22/2018 3:14:42 PM PDT by Forty-Niner (The barely bare, berry Bear formily known as Ursus Arctos Horrilibis (or U.A. Californicus))
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To: chief lee runamok

Liberal ass kissing is about all the Rube knows how to do.,,


59 posted on 05/22/2018 3:17:52 PM PDT by sarge83
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To: JoSixChip

How does this win him any votes?


60 posted on 05/22/2018 3:23:30 PM PDT by x
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