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The riot at the U.S. Capitol was only one of the factors that led Kentucky basketball players to knee during the national anthem on Saturday. Louisville Courier Journal
You thought the biggest controversy of the Kentucky men’s basketball team’s season was going to be that 1-6 start? Think again.
The Wildcats were more than 500 miles from the Bluegrass State when they knelt during the national anthem Saturday at Florida, but fans and others back home noticed.
. One county’s leaders passed a resolution calling for taxpayer money to stop flowing to the university. And , saying that the players’ action was a disrespectful gesture to military members such as his son.
“People have died for this country,”
