Florida Republican lawmaker Matt Gaetz is pushing for Congress to end the NFL's tax-exempt status after the anthem protesting.
Congressman Gaetz appeared on OANN with Liz Wheeler to make his argument for ending the NFL tax breaks.
Per PNJ.com:
Rep. Matt Gaetz is calling on Congress to end the tax-exempt status of the NFL’s business office in the wake of controversy over players and team owners kneeling during the national anthem.
Gaetz, Northwest Florida’s Republican congressman, took to the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday and said players have a constitutional right to free speech, but Americans shouldn’t subsidize a sport whose players act unpatriotically.
“When people kneel during our national anthem, they don’t simply indict the issue with which they have some particular grievance,” said Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach. “They indict our country, our service members, our first-responders, our founding fathers and the principles that made this country great.”
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It is mind-blowing that the NFL still gets the tax-exempt status that they do. The NFL is a business. Businesses pay taxes. That's just what they do.
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