Saints WR Michael Thomas Reacts With Disgust To Drew Brees’ Comments Against NFL Players Kneeling During Anthem To Protest Police Brutality

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Saints Wide receiver Michael Thomas doesn’t seem happy about his teammate Drew Brees doubling down against NFL players kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality.

On Wednesday, Brees spoke with Yahoo Finance and says he still views anthem protests as disrespectful to the flag, which is something he “will never agree with.”

“I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country. Let me just tell what I see or what I feel when the national anthem is played and when I look at the flag of the United States. I envision my two grandfathers, who fought for this country during World War II, one in the Army and one in the Marine Corp. Both risking their lives to protect our country and to try to make our country and this world a better place.

So every time I stand with my hand over my heart looking at that flag and singing the national anthem, that’s what I think about. And in many cases, that brings me to tears, thinking about all that has been sacrificed. Not just those in the military, but for that matter, those throughout the civil rights movements of the ‘60s, and all that has been endured by so many people up until this point. And is everything right with our country right now? No, it is not. We still have a long way to go. But I think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the flag with your hand over your heart, is it shows unity. It shows that we are all in this together, we can all do better and that we are all part of the solution.”

Thomas saw the video and responded to his QB’s comments on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/Cantguardmike/status/1268224561008574465

Thomas then liked this tweet directed at Brees.

Update: Another Saints wide receiver, Emmanuel Sanders has also reacted to Brees’ comments.