{"id":330067,"date":"2019-12-02T16:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T21:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=330067"},"modified":"2026-02-25T04:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:38:08","slug":"kaepernick-wants-to-be-a-martyr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2019\/12\/02\/kaepernick-wants-to-be-a-martyr\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaepernick Wants to Be a Martyr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: You see Colin Kaepernick over the weekend trashed the United States on &#8220;Un-Thanksgiving Day&#8221;? I thought this guy\u2019s only complaint was police brutality. I thought that\u2019s the only thing that bothers him. I thought it was why he was taking a knee. This guy doesn\u2019t want a job in the NFL. He\u2019s making sure he doesn\u2019t get hired. He wants to be a martyr.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-295103\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/APP-121918-Kaepernick.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/APP-121918-Kaepernick.jpg 640w, https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/APP-121918-Kaepernick-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Un-Thanksgiving Day? I wonder why he hasn\u2019t been contacted by NFL teams to take on the most important leadership role on a football team. Anybody who thinks he was just protesting police violence when he kneeled needs to think again. He was protesting the country, and he continues to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: This guy doesn&#039;t want a job in the NFL.  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