Brad Keselowski posted a series of tweets Tuesday night commenting on the controversy surrounding the peaceful protests by NFL players during the playing of the national anthem over the weekend and on Monday.
Keselowski’s tweets come two days after the protests were met by critical comments from NASCAR owners Richard Childress and Richard Petty and a day after Dale Earnhardt Jr. tweeted his support for the peaceful protests.
Keselowski posted six tweets, the first containing a screenshot of a column written at the Huffington Post with a headline claiming that “White Athletes Still Standing For the Anthem Are Standing For White Supremacy.”
Keselowski, who holds an American flag in his car while celebrating a race win, told friends and fans “I support your civil rights 100%" and “PLEASE DON’T believe this,” referring to the headline.
Here are Keselowski’s tweets edited together:
“My reps want me to stay out of this, I CAN’T. 2 all my friends & supporters, I support your civil rights 100%. PLEASE DON’T believe this. I #Choose2honor our country and hope other do too out of respect and love for a country that has provided us so many blessing. Sure our country isn’t perfect (far from it), the list of misgivings is tremendous, but I hope you can see the positives & honor it as well.
“Please don’t believe that when we stand it’s out of disrespect to civil rights; it is and always will be out of respect and love for our (American flag). I plan to stand and sing the national anthem with my family as long as we are able, every chance possible. I hope you will too. So please don’t fall for the false narrative of choice between patriotism and racism. It’s simply not the case.”
Keselowski’s original tweets follow.
My reps want me to stay out of this, I CAN’T
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) September 27, 2017
2 all my friends & supporters, I support your civil rights 💯%
PLEASE DON’T believe this —> pic.twitter.com/bG6r2gHcz6
Sure our country isn’t perfect (far from it), the list of misgivings is tremendous, but I hope you can see the positives & honor it as well.
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) September 27, 2017
I plan to stand and sing the national anthem with my family as long as we are able, every chance possible. I hope you will too
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) September 27, 2017
So please don’t fall for the false narrative of choice between patriotism and racism. It’s simply not the case.
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) September 27, 2017