U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins rips NFL players for sitting, kneeling during national anthem

Clay Higgins, the coarse congressman from south Louisiana, has a new message for America. In a video on his campaign Facebook page, the Port Barre Republican wears a sleeveless biker shirt and perches on a Harley-Davidson to recall that in his childhood the NFL was "pure and real and bad-ass and patriotic" -- and to condemn what he now sees: "These guy [who] make millions of dollars kneeling or sitting down during our national anthem is sickening to me."
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