Fox Analyst Apologises For Saying It Takes ‘Courage’ To Stand For National Anthem
Woke mob hounds ex USA soccer player into grovelling apology.
Steve Watson
Summit.news
29 June, 2020
A former US soccer player working for Fox as an analyst deleted a tweet he posted saying that standing for the national anthem “takes courage.”
Alexi Lalas later also apologised for making the remark, and issued a statement clarifying that he supports those trying to bring attention to ‘the problems of police brutality and systemic racism’.
Following more than a dozen players in the National Women’s Soccer League taking a knee Saturday, Lalas wrote that “Now it takes courage to actually stand for the national anthem.”
He was immediately targeted for cancellation by the woke mob:
@AlexiLalas, nice to know your political opinions suck as bad as your soccer opinions. You’re garbage. pic.twitter.com/MkY6FhyPKC
— Daniel Aguilar (@SeeDanielTweet) June 29, 2020
If this is your takeaway from the organized action by our players, you clearly haven’t been listening, Alexi. https://t.co/4WERoR6gn7
— NWSL (@NWSL) June 27, 2020
No. Colin Kaepernick and Megan Rapinoe had real courage. https://t.co/iLEj38UW8L
— Jozy Altidore (@JozyAltidore) June 27, 2020
Can everyone keep being mean to Alexi Lalas? It’s the only thing bringing me joy.
— Meredith Miklasz (@GothSpiceFC) June 27, 2020
While we’ve interacted with Alexi Lalas in the past, we cannot support or ignore his recent statements. It’s time to change our country fundamentally. Protagonist will no longer share our platform with Alexi and will be removing any appearances on our site or podcast feed.
— Protagonist Soccer 🅿️ (@ProtagonistUSA) June 28, 2020
https://twitter.com/VOICEOFCHID/status/1276991045490954246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1276991045490954246%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsummit.news%2F2020%2F06%2F29%2Ffox-analyst-apologises-for-saying-it-takes-courage-to-stand-for-national-anthem%2F
Lalas immediately caved and issued an apology for his words:
I wrote a few more words about today… pic.twitter.com/1jDGXEEK33
— Alexi Lalas (@AlexiLalas) June 28, 2020
Others had some keen advice for Lalas:
Here some advice: Never apologize to the Mob. Never!
— DannyClinton (@pride130) June 29, 2020
I wrote a few more words about today… pic.twitter.com/1jDGXEEK33
— Alexi Lalas (@AlexiLalas) June 28, 2020
I wrote a few more words about today… pic.twitter.com/1jDGXEEK33
— Alexi Lalas (@AlexiLalas) June 28, 2020
I wrote a few more words about today… pic.twitter.com/1jDGXEEK33
— Alexi Lalas (@AlexiLalas) June 28, 2020
