Hillary Clinton's Hot Take On NFL Protests: 'Kneeling Is A Reverent Position'

Hillary Clinton on Sunday defended NFL players who knelt during the national anthem, saying kneeling is a "reverent" position that is not against "our anthem or our flag."

The former Democratic presidential candidate, who was at the Southbank Centre's London Literature Festival, urged Democrats to use the issue against President Trump.

...She said people should resist "what are very clear dog-whistles" to the Trump base, pointing to the example of kneeling NFL players.

"That's what black athletes kneeling was all about," she said in response to a question about ways to resist the White House. "That's not against our anthem or our flag."

"Actually, kneeling is a reverent position," she continued. "It was to demonstrate in a peaceful way against racism and injustice in our criminal system."

Clinton urged the Democratic Party to continue to "resist" the president, saying "I think it would be a grave error for Democrats to recede from those fights, so therefore we have to stand up, fight back, resist."