Beto O'Rourke brought 3 high school football players who were benched for taking a knee to the DemDebate: '(They) served their community in one of the most American ways possible'
While all eyes were on the stage at Tuesday night’s Democratic primary debate in Detroit, Michigan, there were several special guests in the audience: Three former high school football players, who were benched for taking a knee in 2017 joined after receiving an invitation from former congressman Beto O’Rourke attend.
As students at Lansing Catholic High School in Lansing, Michigan, Michael Lynn III, Matthew Abdullah, and RoJe Williams were inspired by. Their teammate, Kabbash Richards, also participated, but he was unable to attend the debate. Lynn toldhe witnessed continued racism in his school and said he “was getting to the age where I wanted to say something.”
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