Washington mayor cancels Seahawks rally for fear of anthem protest
The mayor of Dupont, WA canceled a rally for the Seattle Seahawks for fear of protests.
In a matter of hours, as the tweets, Facebook posts and trending stories went viral, Mayor Mike Courts’ city-sponsored Seahawks rally Saturday was maybe uncanceled, then canceled for sure, then the door left open for a future Hawks rally.
Courts, 57, is a retired Army colonel who served for 30 years, including two deployments each in Bosnia and Iraq. His official Facebook page features a giant U.S. flag.
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He said that when he learned about San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick not standing for the national anthem, “I was personally offended.”
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.