{"id":84755,"date":"2017-09-27T10:49:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T14:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=84755"},"modified":"2017-09-27T10:49:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T14:49:29","slug":"trump-rips-fake-news-cnn-calls-kelly-protest-report-a-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=84755","title":{"rendered":"Trump Rips &#8216;Fake News&#8217; CNN, Calls Kelly Protest Report a &#8216;Lie&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_84756\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GetFile-3-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84756\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84756\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GetFile-3-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GetFile-3-4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GetFile-3-4-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-84756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle and former Army Ranger Alejandro Villanueva (78) stands outside the tunnel alone during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>By Cathy Burke |\u00a0 NEWSMAX<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump claimed Monday there has been &#8220;tremendous backlash&#8221; against the NFL for players&#8217; protests during the national anthem \u2014 and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/25\/politics\/donald-trump-john-kelly-nfl\/index.html\"><strong>refuted a CNN repor<\/strong>t<\/a>\u00a0that chief of staff John Kelly disagreed with the president&#8217;s rebuke.<\/p>\n<p>As players, owners and fans continued to weigh in on the president&#8217;s criticism of more than 200 take-the-knee\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/TheWire\/nfl-anthem-200-players-sit\/2017\/09\/25\/id\/815473\/\">protests throughout the league Sunday<\/a><\/strong>, Trump took to Twitter to declare vindication.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CNN<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FakeNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FakeNews<\/a>. Just reported COS (John Kelly) was opposed to my stance on NFL players disrespecting FLAG, ANTHEM, COUNTRY. Total lie!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/912443217227976704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">General John Kelly totally agrees w\/ my stance on NFL players and the fact that they should not be disrespecting our FLAG or GREAT COUNTRY!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/912443607084404736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tremendous backlash against the NFL and its players for disrespect of our Country.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandForOurAnthem?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandForOurAnthem<\/a>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/912443924979077120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Politics\/fake-news-cnn-john-kelly-national-anthem\/2017\/09\/25\/id\/815668\/\">http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/Politics\/fake-news-cnn-john-kelly-national-anthem\/2017\/09\/25\/id\/815668\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}