In The Chicago Tribune here:
I resent that Trump has chosen to use what was a minor controversy about a few kneeling football players into a major wedge issue.
Not just because it flagrantly insults the concept of liberty that true patriotism embraces, but also because his focus threatens to turn standing for the national anthem into a partisan act. It’s the same bit of branding judo he’s trying to perform on the expression “Merry Christmas.”
