WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh October 25th 2017

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<v Speaker 1>Ladies and gentlemen. The Reverend Jesse Jackson has weighed in

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<v Speaker 1>on the NFL protests. It's a take that only he

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<v Speaker 1>could come up with, because he's dead wrong about everything.

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<v Speaker 1>He was on Fox Sports one. First, he accused the

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<v Speaker 1>NFL of committing illegal workplace harassment because he says the

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<v Speaker 1>NFL allows owners to cut players that protest the anthem

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<v Speaker 1>without having to pay out the full contract, unlike Major

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<v Speaker 1>League Baseball. In the NBA, they can cut players, but

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<v Speaker 1>not because of the anthem protests. There's no question in

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<v Speaker 1>his mind that Colin Kaepernick was the victim of collusion

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<v Speaker 1>since he hasn't been picked up by any other team.

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<v Speaker 1>Reverend Jackson took issue with the Star Spangled banner itself

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<v Speaker 1>because it was written by a slave owner and has

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<v Speaker 1>offensive lyrics in one of the verses. But the kicker

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<v Speaker 1>is this quote from the Reverend Jackson. To go from

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<v Speaker 1>picking cotton balls to picking footballs and basketballs without freedom

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<v Speaker 1>is not very much progress. Now. I don't know how

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<v Speaker 1>many football or basket ball players picked cotton balls before

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<v Speaker 1>being signed by professional sports teams, but I guess not

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<v Speaker 1>very many. Larger point is this, if Jesse Jackson is

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<v Speaker 1>correcting his claim that protesting football players don't have freedom,

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<v Speaker 1>that they are just as oppressed as slaves picking cotton

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<v Speaker 1>word two centuries ago, while they earn millions more than

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<v Speaker 1>average Americans. Then, the entire civil rights movement has been

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<v Speaker 1>a total bust with him leading it. H