Mo Brooks: Colin Kaepernick 'ought to consider moving to another country' if he hates America

[Polybius]

NFL quarterback-turned-activist Colin Kaepernick should consider moving to another country if he doesn’t like America’s principles, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, said in a Wednesday night radio interview.

Brooks was asked to weigh in on the controversy surrounding Nike after the shoe company stopped distributing the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July shoe, which featured the Betsy Ross-designed American flag with 13 stars, at Kaepernick’s urging. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, who became a controversial figure after he began kneeling during the national anthem of football games to protest police brutality and has since become a Nike endorser, argued the shoe was offensive because the Betsy Ross flag has been co-opted by white nationalist groups.

“We’ve got some very radical people in the United States of America who don’t like America. They don’t like the foundational principles that have made us a great nation, and I would put Mr. Kaepernick in that category,” the Huntsville congressman told “Breitbart News Tonight” on SiriusXM Radio.

Brooks added that it was “absolutely absurd" for Kaepernick, who is now an activist addressing racial inequality, to protest the Nike shoe.

https://www.al.com/news/2019/07/mo-brooks-colin-kaepernick-ought-to-consider-moving-to-another-country-if-he-hates-america.html

Wow. This is the guy who in all likelyhood is Alabama's next Senator, providing Roy Moore doesn't beat him...

[Tech]

1. I don't think any republicans have the right to judge patriotism any more.

Especially not an old white man from Alabama.

[DURHAM D]

2. I wish Joyce Vance would run for the Senate. nt

[Polybius]

3. Not next year though

Doug Jones is running for reelection.

[StarfishSaver]

4. He sounds like some comments we've seen closer to home

[RussellCattle]

5. The old "America, love it or leave it". Where have I heard that before? nt

[rownesheck]

6. Ugh.

Alabama. Driving through there once and encountered a GIANT, absurdly large Confederate flag flying atop a hill along the highway. Vomit inducing indeed.

[Tanuki]

7. The same jerk quoted from Mein Kampf on the floor of the House

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.montgomeryadvertiser.com/amp/3367807002

"The Alabama Holocaust Commission has condemned a north Alabama congressman’s quotations from Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to call allegations that President Donald Trump colluded with Russian operatives during the 2016 presidential election a "big lie."...(more)

[tanyev]

8. A pity Mr. Brooks isn't more concerned about POTUS selling out the U.S. to Russia and Saudi Arabia.

[zanana1]

9. In the 60's...

Conservatives kept saying that if black people didn't like it here, they should go back to Africa. Stupidity is nothing new.

[Polybius]

10. The scary part is that he might not be conservative enough for Alabama Republicans

Roy Moore might beat him in the Senate primary next year.

[durablend]

11. We could say the same for Mo

Maybe Russia would be a better place for you and your ilk.

[BlueIdaho]

12. Wanna bet ol Moe

Has a Klan robe hanging in his closet?

[struggle4progress]

13. "I think it's un-American to oppose police brutality!"

[dalton99a]

14. Same racist POS who said Democrats are waging a war on whites

He said it multiple times too