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Eight Ole Miss players kneel in response to rally
Minutes before the game, both teams formed lines for the anthem. As "The Star-Spangled Banner" began, six Rebels players -- who appeared to be KJ Buffen, D.C. Davis, Brian Halums, Luis Rodriguez, Devontae Shuler and Bruce Stevens -- knelt one by one. Two more players -- appearing to be Breein Tyreeand Franco Miller Jr. -- took a knee on the song's final line.
The game was being played while two pro-Confederacy groups organized a march onto the campus in Oxford, Mississippi.
"This was all about the hate groups that came to our community to try to spread racism and bigotry," Davis said. "It's created a lot of tension for our campus. Our players made an emotional decision to show these people they're not welcome on our campus, and we respect our players' freedom and ability to choose that.''
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Republicans keep talking about Democrats being racist. But it's Today's Republicans that are the confederates. And Lincoln wasn't a Confederate. It was the racist confederates that were defeated.
Before the 1960's, it was the Democrats who were confederates.
Now, it't the Republicans.
How white supremacist candidates fared in 2018
Self-described Nazis did poorly, but candidates linked to white supremacist groups did quite well. (and ran as Republican)
Minutes before the game, both teams formed lines for the anthem. As "The Star-Spangled Banner" began, six Rebels players -- who appeared to be KJ Buffen, D.C. Davis, Brian Halums, Luis Rodriguez, Devontae Shuler and Bruce Stevens -- knelt one by one. Two more players -- appearing to be Breein Tyreeand Franco Miller Jr. -- took a knee on the song's final line.
The game was being played while two pro-Confederacy groups organized a march onto the campus in Oxford, Mississippi.
"This was all about the hate groups that came to our community to try to spread racism and bigotry," Davis said. "It's created a lot of tension for our campus. Our players made an emotional decision to show these people they're not welcome on our campus, and we respect our players' freedom and ability to choose that.''
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Republicans keep talking about Democrats being racist. But it's Today's Republicans that are the confederates. And Lincoln wasn't a Confederate. It was the racist confederates that were defeated.
Before the 1960's, it was the Democrats who were confederates.
Now, it't the Republicans.
How white supremacist candidates fared in 2018
Self-described Nazis did poorly, but candidates linked to white supremacist groups did quite well. (and ran as Republican)