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<p>Conservative cheerleader and bleach blond bobblehead Tomi Lahren was a guest on <em>Fox &amp; Friends</em> on Wednesday, where she did her best to play dumb about why so many NFL players are kneeling during the national anthem before games.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/TomiLahren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomiLahren</a> on NFL anthem protests: “I would like to ask these players: What exactly are you kneeling for?” <a href="https://twitter.com/foxandfriends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@foxandfriends</a> <a href="https://t.co/SZAiQVcE6l">pic.twitter.com/SZAiQVcE6l</a></p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/920599325356552192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Her problem, it seems, is that she just has no goshdarn idea why all these men would choose to take a knee rather than stand. She said,</p><blockquote> <p>This is a serious question I have for these players that are in fact kneeling, because we know that it is so many at this point, it started with Colin Kaepernick, now it has spread, it has infected the league. So I would like to ask these players, what exactly are you kneeling for and why have you chosen the flag and the anthem to do it? I bet if we asked 100 players we would get 100 different answers. And then furthermore, I would like to ask those same players, what would it take for you to then stand and respect the flag and the anthem, and again, you&#39;d probably get 100 different answers if you got an answer at all.</p> </blockquote><p>If Lahren had been paying attention at all, she&#39;d know that a lot of players have explained why they&#39;ve chosen to take a knee. It also seems unlikely that if any of these athletes were asked what it would take for them to stand during the anthem again, they would refuse to answer. The movement is not a secret. Players have spoken about their choices extensively.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/SInow/status/912342046891024385</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>For example, Eric Reid of the San Francisco 49ers wrote an op-ed for the <em>New York Times</em> explicitly titled, &quot;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opinion/colin-kaepernick-football-protests.html?_r=0" target="_blank">Why Colin Kaepernick and I Decided to Take a Knee.</a>&quot; That might be a good place for Lahren to start.</p><p>Michael Bennett, who plays for the Seattle Seahawks, answered the question as well. He <a href="http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000829697/article/michael-bennett-on-why-he-will-continue-to-sit-during-anthem" target="_blank">said</a>, &quot;I just want to be able to use my platform to be able to continue to speak on injustices. First of all, I want to make sure people understand, I love the military. My father was in the military. . . But I don&#39;t love segregation, I don&#39;t love riots, I don&#39;t love oppression. . . and I just want to see people have the equality that they deserve and I want to be able to use this platform to continuously push the message of that.&quot;</p><p>The Seattle Seahawks also released a statement explaining the choice to take a knee.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/GUhG3PB0fJ">pic.twitter.com/GUhG3PB0fJ</a></p>&mdash; Seahawks PR (@seahawksPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/seahawksPR/status/912038744408166401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>People Twitter also responded to Lahren, because it seems she&#39;s too lazy to go looking for answers herself by, say, turning on the television or reading anything at all.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I served so they can kneel. My father served so we could have civil rights. If the 1st ammendment applies to Nazi&#39;s, then it applies to all.</p>&mdash; Milton Brown (@Milt1959) <a href="https://twitter.com/Milt1959/status/920605021636501504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Freedom of speech requires the right to dissent, especially on important issues such as the flag. Without dissent, there is no free speech.</p>&mdash; Robert Berry (@RobertBerrySTL) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobertBerrySTL/status/920618414426779649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you choose not to listen, that&#39;s your choice, but then don&#39;t complain when you don&#39;t understand, because that is also your choice.</p>&mdash; Becca Patterson (@Mreauow) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mreauow/status/920666772805693440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You know exactly the reason they are kneeling. But instead make it about the military to ignore the reason they are kneeling.</p>&mdash; Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) <a href="https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/920599659332231169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They&#39;ve said why literally hundreds of times. To protest police brutality against innocent African Americans.<br><br>Why is your dumb ass on TV?</p>&mdash; Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mikel_Jollett/status/920660740356292609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/z7NLnT5VuP">https://t.co/z7NLnT5VuP</a></p>&mdash; Jon Zal (@OfficialJonZal) <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficialJonZal/status/920660860258877445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here&#39;s a wild idea. You have a TV show. Why don&#39;t you have them on and ask them?</p>&mdash; Moderation in Excess (@ModerationInXS) <a href="https://twitter.com/ModerationInXS/status/920703586287353856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There&#39;s this thing called Google if you really don&#39;t know why.</p>&mdash; Pé (@4everNeverTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/4everNeverTrump/status/920635784847179776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She doesn&#39;t want to. She just wants to play the victim of black people who, in her mind, should just do what makes her happy. She&#39;s awful.</p>&mdash; OUFENIX (D) (@oufenix) <a href="https://twitter.com/oufenix/status/920645604547710976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m sure she&#39;s just as pissed as this guy that I&#39;m sure thinks the players are &quot;disrespecting the flag&quot; by kneeling... <a href="https://t.co/6BQddZA7cE">pic.twitter.com/6BQddZA7cE</a></p>&mdash; Liberal Cynic (@Liberal_Cynic) <a href="https://twitter.com/Liberal_Cynic/status/920689208066498560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Well, privileged, contemptuous white people whipping up racial division through intellectual dishonesty is on the list.</p>&mdash; Dennis Perkins (@DennisPerkins5) <a href="https://twitter.com/DennisPerkins5/status/920636573816905728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;Racial justice.&quot; &quot;What?&quot; &quot;Racial justice.&quot; &quot;WHAT?&quot; Racial justice.&quot; &quot;I&#39;m sorry, what?&quot; &quot;Racial justice.&quot; &quot;What?&quot; &quot;Racial justice.&quot; &quot;What?&quot;</p>&mdash; Alex Ruthrauff (@alexruthrauff) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexruthrauff/status/920621013708222464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/langelandia/status/920637979407695872</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>There you go, Tomi! Question answered! Now, don&#39;t you feel better? Tomi&hellip;? Are you paying attention, Tomi? Maybe stop covering your ears with your hands and listen up, and then you won&#39;t have to ask anymore stupid questions on TV!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Tomi Lahren claims she doesn't know why NFL players are choosing to kneel. Twitter gives her some help.

Conservative cheerleader and bleach blond bobblehead Tomi Lahren was a guest on Fox &amp; Friends on Wednesday, where she did her best to play dumb about why so many NFL players are kneeling during the national anthem before games..@TomiLahren on NFL anthem protests: “I would like to ask these players: What exactly are you kneeling for?” @foxandfriends pic.twitter.com/SZAiQVcE6l&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) October 18, 2017 Her problem, it seems, is that she just has no goshdarn idea why all these men would choose to take a knee rather than stand. She said, This is a serious question I have for these players that are in fact kneeling, because we know that it is so many at this point, it started with Colin Kaepernick, now it has spread, it has infected the league. So I would like to ask these players, what exactly are you kneeling for and why have you chosen the flag and the anthem to do it? I bet if we asked 100 players we would get 100 different answers. And then furthermore, I would like to ask those same players, what would it take for you to then stand and respect the flag and the anthem, and again, you&#39;d probably get 100 different answers if you got an answer at all. If Lahren had been paying attention at all, she&#39;d know that a lot of players have explained why they&#39;ve chosen to take a knee. It also seems unlikely that if any of these athletes were asked what it would take for them to stand during the anthem again, they would refuse to answer. The movement is not a secret. Players have spoken about their choices extensively.https://twitter.com/SInow/status/912342046891024385For example, Eric Reid of the San Francisco 49ers wrote an op-ed for the New York Times explicitly titled, &quot;Why Colin Kaepernick and I Decided to Take a Knee.&quot; That might be a good place for Lahren to start.Michael Bennett, who plays for the Seattle Seahawks, answered the question as well. He said, &quot;I just want to be able to use my platform to be able to continue to speak on injustices. First of all, I want to make sure people understand, I love the military. My father was in the military. . . But I don&#39;t love segregation, I don&#39;t love riots, I don&#39;t love oppression. . . and I just want to see people have the equality that they deserve and I want to be able to use this platform to continuously push the message of that.&quot;The Seattle Seahawks also released a statement explaining the choice to take a knee.pic.twitter.com/GUhG3PB0fJ&mdash; Seahawks PR (@seahawksPR) September 24, 2017 People Twitter also responded to Lahren, because it seems she&#39;s too lazy to go looking for answers herself by, say, turning on the television or reading anything at all.I served so they can kneel. My father served so we could have civil rights. If the 1st ammendment applies to Nazi&#39;s, then it applies to all.&mdash; Milton Brown (@Milt1959) October 18, 2017 Freedom of speech requires the right to dissent, especially on important issues such as the flag. Without dissent, there is no free speech.&mdash; Robert Berry (@RobertBerrySTL) October 18, 2017 If you choose not to listen, that&#39;s your choice, but then don&#39;t complain when you don&#39;t understand, because that is also your choice.&mdash; Becca Patterson (@Mreauow) October 18, 2017 You know exactly the reason they are kneeling. But instead make it about the military to ignore the reason they are kneeling.&mdash; Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) October 18, 2017 They&#39;ve said why literally hundreds of times. To protest police brutality against innocent African Americans.Why is your dumb ass on TV?&mdash; Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) October 18, 2017 https://t.co/z7NLnT5VuP&mdash; Jon Zal (@OfficialJonZal) October 18, 2017 Here&#39;s a wild idea. You have a TV show. Why don&#39;t you have them on and ask them?&mdash; Moderation in Excess (@ModerationInXS) October 18, 2017 There&#39;s this thing called Google if you really don&#39;t know why.&mdash; Pé (@4everNeverTrump) October 18, 2017 She doesn&#39;t want to. She just wants to play the victim of black people who, in her mind, should just do what makes her happy. She&#39;s awful.&mdash; OUFENIX (D) (@oufenix) October 18, 2017 I&#39;m sure she&#39;s just as pissed as this guy that I&#39;m sure thinks the players are &quot;disrespecting the flag&quot; by kneeling... pic.twitter.com/6BQddZA7cE&mdash; Liberal Cynic (@Liberal_Cynic) October 18, 2017 Well, privileged, contemptuous white people whipping up racial division through intellectual dishonesty is on the list.&mdash; Dennis Perkins (@DennisPerkins5) October 18, 2017 &quot;Racial justice.&quot; &quot;What?&quot; &quot;Racial justice.&quot; &quot;WHAT?&quot; Racial justice.&quot; &quot;I&#39;m sorry, what?&quot; &quot;Racial justice.&quot; &quot;What?&quot; &quot;Racial justice.&quot; &quot;What?&quot;&mdash; Alex Ruthrauff (@alexruthrauff) October 18, 2017 https://twitter.com/langelandia/status/920637979407695872There you go, Tomi! Question answered! Now, don&#39;t you feel better? Tomi&hellip;? Are you paying attention, Tomi? Maybe stop covering your ears with your hands and listen up, and then you won&#39;t have to ask anymore stupid questions on TV!

Conservative cheerleader Tomi Lahren acts like she doesn't know why NFL players are taking a knee during the national anthem. Sigh.