![]() ![]() Vice President Mike Pence left the NFL game between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers early on Sunday night-apparently at President Donald Trump’s bidding-after around a dozen 49ers kneeled during the anthem. The Republican had posted a picture of himself ahead of Sunday’s game, stating he was there to honor the career of former quarterback Peyton Manning. Pence was ostensibly visiting Indianapolis to honor Peyton Manning, the Colts’ Super Bowl-winning quarterback who had a statue of himself unveiled before the Colts’ overtime victory. Vice President Mike Pence walked out of a Colts game after NFL players chose to kneel during the national anthem to protest police brutality against African Americans. The vice-president was Governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017. The VP left the game early after protests during the national anthem, then quickly took to social media to push the. In an apparently pre-planned stunt, Vice President Mike Pence abruptly left an NFL game in Indianapolis on Sunday afternoon after roughly 20 players knelt during the national anthem. Pence didn’t get to see any of the game, though. Vice President Mike Pence Turned 49ers-Colts Into a Political Stunt. "I left today's Colts game because and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem," Pence wrote in a series of explanatory tweets on Sunday evening. “I stand with Trump, I stand with our soldiers, and I will always stand for our Flag and our National Anthem.” Trump tweeted about an hour later on Sunday evening that he had orchestrated Pence’s walkout. As media pool has been made aware, a staffer told pool that VPOTUS may. “I asked Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country,” Trump wrote. NBC News' Vaughn Hilyard tweets that a staffer told pool reporters that Pence had planned to leave the game early. “I am proud of him and Karen.” Eric Reid, the 49ers safety, called Pence’s walkout a “stunt” after the game, as reported by Jennifer Lee Chan of. Trump has been engaged in a battle with the NFL and its players since he told a rally in Alabama on September 22 that any player protesting the perceived treatment of black people in the United States by kneeling during the anthem should be “fired.” The practise has caught hold in the NFL since former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began to kneel at the start of the 2016-17 season.Ĭuriously, Pence was never meant to take in the whole of the game. The Guardian reports that Air Force Two was scheduled to take off from Indianapolis International Airport at 4 p.m. to get the Vice-President to a political fundraiser in Los Angeles. The Colts and 49ers finished their game, after overtime, after 4.30 p.m. ![]() That, as well as a report from NBC that the Vice-Presidential pool never got to enter the stadium and was told that Pence could leave the game early, seemed to have angered Democrats who pointed out the potential cost of Pence’s trip. ![]()
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