Colin Kaepernick Refused to Meet with Donald Trump

Colin Kaepernick refused to meet with Donald Trump

Colin Kaepernick made headlines during the 2016 NFL season when he began taking a knee during the playing of the national anthem before games in protest of systemic oppression, racial injustice, and police brutality against Black people and people of color. Throughout his protest and in the years that followed, Kaepernick received some heavy pushback…

Kaepernick reveals the unlikely CNN figure behind Trump White House outreach

BS BULLETIN: Colin Kaepernick says an opportunity to meet with President Trump during his first term was relayed to him through CNN’s Van Jones. Kaepernick says he rejected the proposed meeting immediately and never learned all the details. He claims the outreach was an attempt to create the appearance that Trump was working with prominent Black Americans. Colin Kaepernick says an unlikely name was involved in an effort to get him into the Trump…

Kaepernick claims CNN's Van Jones once tried to broker a summit with Trump · American Wire News

What would a new NFL season be without a desperate plea for attention from former star quarterback and self-styled race prophet Colin Kaepernick? The 2026 season officially kicked off last week along with the annual ritual of calls for teams to sign Kaepernick, who has now been out of the league for a decade, with the player-turned-activist all but begging for a job, telling US Weekly, “We got the cleats by the door.” The former San Francisco 49…

Activist athlete cursed out by Trump says he ‘immediately rejected’ White House visit in first term

Colin Kaepernick said the invitation was the president "trying to garner support and put up a façade that he's working for Black people."

Activist athlete cursed out by Trump says he ‘immediately rejected’ White House visit

Shortly after Donald Trump referred to Colin Kaepernick as a “son of a b----” in 2017, the president extended him an invitation to the White House, according to the athlete turned social justice activist.

Colin Kaepernick Says Van Jones Tried to Set Up Trump Summit

Colin Kaepernick claimed an unlikely middleman tried to broker a White House meeting between him and President Donald Trump: veteran CNN contributor Van Jones. The ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback dished during a Wednesday interview on the MediasTouch podcast that Jones — who served as a special advisor to President Barack Obama before heading to cable news — tried to set up the summit during Trump’s first term. Kaepernick said he dismissed it…