Knuckledraggers protest backfires.
Americans Nationwide Burn NFL Tickets, Shirts in Solidarity With Trump Steelers Coach Didn’t Want Army Vet To Stand For Anthem Villanueva, a former Army Ranger who served three tours in Afghanistan, was the only Steelers player to stand for the anthem
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In 2016 Villanueva commented on Kaepernick’s protests saying, “I don’t know if the most effective way is to sit down during the national anthem with a country that’s providing you freedom, providing you $16 million a year … when there are black minorities that are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan for less than $20,000 a year.”