On Friday, Trump got his applause—by hurling his "tough" talk at America's de facto national pastime

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" src="//players.brightcove.net/2157889318001/default_default/index.html?videoId=5585406894001"></iframe></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> <a href="https://www.si.com/author/sean-gregory" itemprop="name" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; font-family: Nunito, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SEAN GREGORY</a>  </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> With his threat at the United Nations this past week to "totally destroy" North Korea if necessary, and his labeling of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a "Rocket Man" on a "suicide mission," President Donald Trump escalated his war of words with a country flirting with a nuclear strike. Few world leaders at the General Assembly cheered him.</div> <div data-spx-slot="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> On Friday, Trump got his applause—by hurling his "tough" talk at America's de facto national pastime, NFL football. At a rally in Huntsville, Ala., in support of Republican Senator Luther Strange, Trump cursed some of its players, and mocked the game itself:</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now, out, he's fired. He's fired!"</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> </div> <div class="padding-16-top full-width-media padded padding-16-bottom margin-24-top margin-24-bottom top-rule bottom-rule inline-article" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 228, 230); border-top: 1px solid rgb(227, 228, 230); box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(100% + 48px); overflow: auto; padding: 16px 24px; position: relative; transform: translateX(-24px); width: calc(100% + 48px);"> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/23/trump-nfl-fire-players-who-protest-during-anthem" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><br /> <div class="media" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: inherit; display: flex;"> <div class="media-img margin-8-right" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-right: 8px;"> <div class="component lazy-image float-left inline-thumb app_list_thumbnail_2x rendered landscape" data-alt="Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins raises a fist while teammate Chris Long shows support during the national anthem at an NFL game." data-src="https://cdn-s3.si.com/styles/app_list_thumbnail_2x/s3/images/nfl-anthem-protest-malcolm-jenkins-chris-long.jpg?itok=M-1KwC5M" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: left; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 60px; position: relative; transition: padding-bottom 0.6s ease, background 0.6s ease; width: 80px;"> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/23/trump-nfl-fire-players-who-protest-during-anthem" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins raises a fist while teammate Chris Long shows support during the national anthem at an NFL game." itemprop="image" src="https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-s3.si.com%2Fstyles%2Fapp_list_thumbnail_2x%2Fs3%2Fimages%2Fnfl-anthem-protest-malcolm-jenkins-chris-long.jpg%3Fitok%3DM-1KwC5M&w=100&h=75&c=sc&poi=face&q=85" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; left: 40px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute !important; top: 30px; transform: translate(-50%, -50%); width: auto;" /></a></div> </div> <div class="media-body" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 1 1 0%;"> <div class="heading-list padding-4-top margin-8-bottom secondary-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #686c73; font-family: Nunito, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 16px; padding-top: 4px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/23/trump-nfl-fire-players-who-protest-during-anthem" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;">NFL</a></div> <div class="tile-heading" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: Rajdhani, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.22; margin-left: 16px;"> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/23/trump-nfl-fire-players-who-protest-during-anthem" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;">Trump Calls on NFL Owners to Fire Players Who Protest, and Mocks Efforts to Make the Game Safer</a></div> </div> </div> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/23/trump-nfl-fire-players-who-protest-during-anthem" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;"> </a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> The crowd roared. This season NFL players, like Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett and Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch, have continued the national anthem protests started by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick—who's now unemployed—a year ago. Trump encouraged fans to boycott the NFL.</div> <div class="ad ad-container ad-wrapper type-728x90 desktop-ad tgx-processsed" data-dimensions="728x90" data-google-query-id="CPeIp_Xju9YCFUIZjgodEC8Khw" data-tgxlazy="50" data-tgxposition="1" id="ad-728x90_LL_1" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 228, 230); border-top: 1px solid rgb(227, 228, 230); box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: -31px; margin-right: auto; max-width: 728px; min-height: 108px; min-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 1000 !important;"> <div id="google_ads_iframe_/8484/si/nfl/mmqb/article_7__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit;"> <iframe frameborder="0" height="90" id="google_ads_iframe_/8484/si/nfl/mmqb/article_7" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/8484/si/nfl/mmqb/article_7" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" title="3rd party ad content" width="728"></iframe></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> "If you see it, even one player, leave the stadium," Trump told the crowd. 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margin: 1em auto;"> "It’s a shame and disgrace when you have the President of the US calling citizens of the country sons of a b----," Minnesota Vikings running back Bishop Sankey <a data-reactid="276" href="https://twitter.com/BishopSankey/status/911410114766229504" rel=" noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent 0px, rgb(255, 185, 0) 0px); background-position: 0px 17px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; line-height: 22px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-position 0.1s ease-out;" target="_blank">tweeted.</a></div> <div data-spx-slot="1" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">"Trump stay in </span>ur<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> place," </span><a data-reactid="283" href="https://twitter.com/ZachBrown_55/status/911407752324567047" rel=" noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent 0px, rgb(255, 185, 0) 0px); background-position: 0px 17px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; line-height: 22px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-position 0.1s ease-out;" target="_blank">wrote</a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> Washington Redskins linebacker Zach Brown on Twitter, "football have nothing to do wit u </span>smh<span style="box-sizing: inherit;">."</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> Others felt Trump's words justified the protests and social activism with which more pro athletes have become engaged.<br /> <img height="226" src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT6sciRQXKJ5AwH481Gup3zsVinwxTZOrs23C3UZ2XU58rlk2hyR-jN_fwcICbGwl2f3MOKEktvEg" width="400" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> "I'm actually glad Trump said what he did," <a data-reactid="290" href="https://twitter.com/RyanGrant25/status/911413138024812546" rel=" noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent 0px, rgb(255, 185, 0) 0px); background-position: 0px 17px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; line-height: 22px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-position 0.1s ease-out;" target="_blank">tweeted</a> former Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant. "Publicly with an audience. Once again it empowers the players to live their truth."</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith <a data-reactid="295" href="https://twitter.com/DeSmithNFLPA/status/911545084528746496" rel=" noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent 0px, rgb(255, 185, 0) 0px); background-position: 0px 17px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; line-height: 22px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-position 0.1s ease-out;" target="_blank">said</a> in a statement: "Whether or not Roger and the owners will speak for themselves about their views on player rights and their commitment to player safety remains to be seen. This union, however, will never back down when it comes to protecting the constitutional rights of our players as citizens as well as their safety as men who compete in a game that exposes them to great risks."</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> </div> <div class="padding-16-top full-width-media padded padding-16-bottom margin-24-top margin-24-bottom top-rule bottom-rule inline-article" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 228, 230); border-top: 1px solid rgb(227, 228, 230); box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(100% + 48px); overflow: auto; padding: 16px 24px; position: relative; transform: translateX(-24px); width: calc(100% + 48px);"> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/22/donald-trump-fire-national-anthem-protestors" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><br /> <div class="media" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: inherit; display: flex;"> <div class="media-img margin-8-right" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-right: 8px;"> <div class="component lazy-image float-left inline-thumb app_list_thumbnail_2x rendered landscape" data-alt="" data-src="https://cdn-s3.si.com/s3fs-public/styles/app_list_thumbnail_2x/public/2017/09/22/trump-nfl-protestors.jpg?itok=klR-jteC" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: left; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 60px; position: relative; transition: padding-bottom 0.6s ease, background 0.6s ease; width: 80px;"> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/22/donald-trump-fire-national-anthem-protestors" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" itemprop="image" src="https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-s3.si.com%2Fs3fs-public%2Fstyles%2Fapp_list_thumbnail_2x%2Fpublic%2F2017%2F09%2F22%2Ftrump-nfl-protestors.jpg%3Fitok%3DklR-jteC&w=100&h=75&c=sc&poi=face&q=85" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; left: 40px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute !important; top: 30px; transform: translate(-50%, -50%); width: auto;" /></a></div> </div> <div class="media-body" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 1 1 0%;"> <div class="heading-list padding-4-top margin-8-bottom secondary-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #686c73; font-family: Nunito, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 16px; padding-top: 4px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/22/donald-trump-fire-national-anthem-protestors" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;">NFL</a></div> <div class="tile-heading" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: Rajdhani, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.22; margin-left: 16px;"> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/22/donald-trump-fire-national-anthem-protestors" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;">Watch: Trump Says NFL Owners Should 'Fire' National Anthem Protestors</a></div> </div> </div> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/09/22/donald-trump-fire-national-anthem-protestors" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;"> </a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> Also, in the wake of a study showing that 99% of NFL players studied by neuropathologists suffered from CTE, a degenerative brain disease associated with football head trauma, and this week's finding that convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez, who committed suicide in prison in April, also had CTE, Trump mocked NFL safety initiatives. He attributed the NFL's ratings declines to a softer game.</div> <div class="ad ad-container ad-wrapper type-728x90 desktop-ad tgx-processsed" data-dimensions="728x90" data-google-query-id="CNiJp_Xju9YCFUyajgodPaAD5g" data-tgxlazy="50" data-tgxposition="2" id="ad-728x90_LL_2" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 228, 230); border-top: 1px solid rgb(227, 228, 230); box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: -31px; margin-right: auto; max-width: 728px; min-height: 108px; min-width: 728px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 1000 !important;"> <div id="google_ads_iframe_/8484/si/nfl/mmqb/article_9__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: inherit;"> <iframe frameborder="0" height="90" id="google_ads_iframe_/8484/si/nfl/mmqb/article_9" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/8484/si/nfl/mmqb/article_9" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" title="3rd party ad content" width="728"></iframe></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> "Today if you hit too hard: Fifteen yards!" Trump said. "Throw him out of the game! They had that last week. I watched for a couple of minutes. Two guys, just really beautiful tackle. Boom, 15 yards! The referee gets on television, his wife is sitting at home, she's so proud of him. They're ruining the game! They're ruining the game. That's what they want to do. They want to hit! It is hurting the game."</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> </div> <div class="padding-16-top full-width-media padded padding-16-bottom margin-24-top margin-24-bottom top-rule bottom-rule inline-article" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(227, 228, 230); border-top: 1px solid rgb(227, 228, 230); box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(100% + 48px); overflow: auto; padding: 16px 24px; position: relative; transform: translateX(-24px); width: calc(100% + 48px);"> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nba/2017/09/23/donald-trump-warriors-white-house-stephen-curry-tweet" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><br /> <div class="media" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: inherit; display: flex;"> <div class="media-img margin-8-right" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-right: 8px;"> <div class="component lazy-image float-left inline-thumb app_list_thumbnail_2x rendered landscape" data-alt="" data-src="https://cdn-s3.si.com/s3fs-public/styles/app_list_thumbnail_2x/public/2017/09/23/donald-trump-stephen-curry-white-house-tweet.jpg?itok=rO-9CTl6" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: left; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 60px; position: relative; transition: padding-bottom 0.6s ease, background 0.6s ease; width: 80px;"> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nba/2017/09/23/donald-trump-warriors-white-house-stephen-curry-tweet" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" itemprop="image" src="https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-s3.si.com%2Fs3fs-public%2Fstyles%2Fapp_list_thumbnail_2x%2Fpublic%2F2017%2F09%2F23%2Fdonald-trump-stephen-curry-white-house-tweet.jpg%3Fitok%3DrO-9CTl6&w=100&h=75&c=sc&poi=face&q=85" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; left: 40px; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; position: absolute !important; top: 30px; transform: translate(-50%, -50%); width: auto;" /></a></div> </div> <div class="media-body" style="box-sizing: inherit; flex: 1 1 0%;"> <div class="heading-list padding-4-top margin-8-bottom secondary-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #686c73; font-family: Nunito, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 16px; padding-top: 4px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nba/2017/09/23/donald-trump-warriors-white-house-stephen-curry-tweet" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;">NBA</a></div> <div class="tile-heading" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: Rajdhani, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.22; margin-left: 16px;"> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nba/2017/09/23/donald-trump-warriors-white-house-stephen-curry-tweet" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;">Donald Trump Rescinds Warriors' White House Invitation After Stephen Curry Comments</a></div> </div> </div> <a data-action="inline-article" href="https://www.si.com/nba/2017/09/23/donald-trump-warriors-white-house-stephen-curry-tweet" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fe4020; text-decoration-line: none;"> </a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> NFL owners have thrown their support behind Trump. Eight owners <a data-reactid="304" href="https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl-owners-contribute-millions-president-trumps-inauguration-175403023.html" rel=" noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent 0px, rgb(255, 185, 0) 0px); background-position: 0px 17px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; line-height: 22px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-position 0.1s ease-out;" target="_blank">donated</a> a total of $7.25 million toward his inauguration: Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and New York Jets owner Woody Johnson—whom Trump named ambassador to the United Kingdom—each gave $1 million. In return, the President has mocked their product, called for an NFL boycott, and cursed the league's players. Their continued silence, after Trump's latest outburst, will sting. And speak volumes about their love of the bottom line.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> NFL commissioner Roger Goodell released a statement Saturday morning. "Divisive comments like these demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL, our great game and all of our players, and a failure to understand the overwhelming force for good our clubs and players represent in our communities."</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1529; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.63; margin: 1em auto;"> Say what you want about NFL players. Their toughness, however, cannot be denied. They play a brutal game that causes great pain. Now's our chance to see if NFL owners have a sliver of their mettle.</div> </div>

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President Trump on Saturday morning lashed out at Senator John McCain of Arizona

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <img height="425" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/24/us/24dc-trump/merlin-to-scoop-127754207-895528-master768.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <div class="story-body-supplemental" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; font-family: nyt-cheltenham, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 16px; justify-content: space-between;"> <div class="story-body story-body-1" style="flex-grow: 0; position: relative; width: 705px;"> <br /> <br /> <figure aria-label="media" class="media photo lede layout-large-horizontal" data-media-action="modal" id="media-100000005454562" itemid="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/24/us/24dc-trump/merlin-to-scoop-127754207-895528-master768.jpg" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" role="group" style="clear: both; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0px 0px 45px; position: relative; width: 705px;"><figcaption class="caption" itemprop="caption description" style="color: #666666; font-family: nyt-cheltenham-sh, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 0.8125rem; line-height: 1.0625rem; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; max-width: 630px;"><span class="caption-text">President Trump in Huntsville, Ala., on Friday. Mr. Trump’s latest weekend Twitter fusillade came the morning after Senator John McCain announced he would not support the latest health care proposal.</span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder" style="color: #999999; display: inline-block; font-size: 0.6875rem; line-height: 1rem;"><span class="visually-hidden" style="border: 0px; clip: rect(0px 0px 0px 0px); height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; width: 1px;">Credit</span>Tom Brenner/The New York Times</span></figcaption></figure><br /> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="299" data-total-count="299" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> SOMERSET, N.J. — President Trump on Saturday morning lashed out at Senator John McCain of Arizona for breaking with him and opposing Republicans’ latest plan to roll back the Affordable Care Act, saying the senator had let his state down and been deceived by Democrats into abandoning a promise.</div> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="303" data-total-count="602" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> In a series of angrily worded tweets sent from his golf resort in Bedminster, N.J., Mr. Trump argued that Mr. McCain, whose announcement on Friday that he would not back the health care measure most likely doomed it, had knowingly misled members of his own party about where he stood on the legislation.</div> <br /> <br /> <figure class="media twitter embedded layout-horizontal-inset" style="clear: both; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 45px 30px 45px 105px; max-width: none; position: relative;"><twitterwidget class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" data-tweet-id="911541328013676544" id="twitter-widget-0" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 220px; position: static; transform: rotate(0deg); visibility: visible; width: 500px;"><div class="SandboxRoot env-bp-350" data-twitter-event-id="0" style="background: 0px 0px; color: #1c2022; direction: ltr; font-family: Helvetica, Roboto, "Segoe UI", Calibri, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; white-space: initial;"> <div class="EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent js-enableExperiments" data-click-to-open-target="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911541328013676544" data-dt-abbr="%{number}%{symbol}" data-dt-am="AM" data-dt-explicit-timestamp="4:12 PM - Sep 23, 2017" data-dt-full="%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}" data-dt-h="h" data-dt-hour="hour" data-dt-hours="hours" data-dt-long="%{day} %{month} %{year}" data-dt-m="m" data-dt-minute="minute" data-dt-minutes="minutes" data-dt-months="Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec" data-dt-now="now" data-dt-pm="PM" data-dt-s="s" data-dt-second="second" data-dt-seconds="seconds" data-dt-short="%{day} %{month}" data-iframe-title="Twitter Tweet" data-scribe="page:tweet" data-twitter-event-id="6" id="twitter-widget-0" lang="en" style="border-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(225, 232, 237); cursor: pointer; max-width: 520px; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"> <div class="EmbeddedTweet-tweet" style="padding: 20px 20px 11.6px;"> <blockquote cite="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911541328013676544" class="Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded is-deciderHtmlWhitespace" data-scribe="section:subject" data-tweet-id="911541328013676544" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="Tweet-header u-cf" style="padding-left: 45px; position: relative; white-space: nowrap;"> <div class="Tweet-brand u-floatRight" style="float: right !important; position: relative; z-index: 1;"> <span class="u-hiddenInNarrowEnv"><a class="FollowButton FollowButton--edge follow-button profile" data-scribe="component:followbutton" href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" role="button" style="border-radius: 100px; border: 1px solid rgb(85, 172, 238); color: #55acee; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 5.5px 13px 6.5px 11.5px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Follow Donald J. 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Trump (screen name: realDonaldTrump)" class="TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend" data-scribe="element:user_link" href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" style="background-color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2; outline: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar" style="background-color: transparent; border-radius: 4px; display: inline-block; height: 36px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 36px;"><img alt="" class="Avatar Avatar--edge" data-scribe="element:avatar" data-src-1x="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/874276197357596672/kUuht00m_normal.jpg" data-src-2x="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/874276197357596672/kUuht00m_bigger.jpg" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/874276197357596672/kUuht00m_normal.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 100%;" /></span><span class="TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight" data-scribe="element:name" style="font-weight: 700;" title="Donald J. Trump">Donald J. Trump</span> <span class="TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge" data-scribe="element:verified_badge" style="position: absolute; top: 0px;"></span></a><br /> <div aria-label="Verified Account" class="Icon Icon--verified " role="img" style="background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; display: inline-block; height: 1.25em; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 1.11111em;" title="Verified Account"> </div> <a aria-label="Donald J. Trump (screen name: realDonaldTrump)" class="TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend" data-scribe="element:user_link" href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" style="background-color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2; outline: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge" data-scribe="element:verified_badge" style="position: absolute; top: 0px;"> <span class="u-hiddenVisually" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px) !important; height: 1px !important; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; width: 1px !important;">✔</span></span><span class="TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName" data-scribe="element:screen_name" dir="ltr" style="color: #697882; font-size: 14px;" title="@realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</span></a></div> </div> <div class="Tweet-body e-entry-content" data-scribe="component:tweet" style="margin-top: 14px;"> <div class="Tweet-text e-entry-title" dir="ltr" lang="en" style="border: none; cursor: text; direction: ltr; list-style: none; padding: 0px;"> John McCain never had any intention of voting for this Bill, which his Governor loves. He campaigned on Repeal & Replace. 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left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; visibility: hidden; z-index: -1;"> <div style="height: 414.344px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: 0s; width: 1000px;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </twitterwidget></figure><br /> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="291" data-total-count="893" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> In a separate tweet, Mr. Trump noted the large increases in health care premiums and deductibles experienced in Arizona last year. “Chuck Schumer sold John McCain a bill of goods,” the president said, referring to the New York senator and minority leader, who was opposed to the measure.</div> <br /> <br /> <figure class="media twitter embedded layout-horizontal-inset" style="clear: both; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 45px 30px 45px 105px; max-width: none; 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Trump on Twitter"><span class="FollowButton-bird" style="display: inline-block; position: relative; top: 1px;"></span></a></span><br /> <div aria-label="" class="Icon Icon--twitter " role="presentation" style="background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; display: inline-block; height: 1.25em; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 1.25em;" title=""> </div> <span class="u-hiddenInNarrowEnv"><a class="FollowButton FollowButton--edge follow-button profile" data-scribe="component:followbutton" href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" role="button" style="border-radius: 100px; border: 1px solid rgb(85, 172, 238); color: #55acee; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 5.5px 13px 6.5px 11.5px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Follow Donald J. Trump on Twitter"><span class="FollowButton-bird" style="display: inline-block; position: relative; top: 1px;"> </span> Follow</a></span></div> <div class="TweetAuthor " data-scribe="component:author" style="line-height: 0; margin-top: 2px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden !important; text-overflow: ellipsis !important; word-wrap: normal !important;"> <a aria-label="Donald J. Trump (screen name: realDonaldTrump)" class="TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend" data-scribe="element:user_link" href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" style="background-color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2; outline: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar" style="background-color: transparent; border-radius: 4px; display: inline-block; height: 36px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 36px;"><img alt="" class="Avatar Avatar--edge" data-scribe="element:avatar" data-src-1x="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/874276197357596672/kUuht00m_normal.jpg" data-src-2x="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/874276197357596672/kUuht00m_bigger.jpg" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/874276197357596672/kUuht00m_normal.jpg" style="border-radius: 50%; border: 0px; max-height: 100%; max-width: 100%;" /></span><span class="TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight" data-scribe="element:name" style="font-weight: 700;" title="Donald J. Trump">Donald J. Trump</span> <span class="TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge" data-scribe="element:verified_badge" style="position: absolute; top: 0px;"></span></a><br /> <div aria-label="Verified Account" class="Icon Icon--verified " role="img" style="background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; display: inline-block; height: 1.25em; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 1.11111em;" title="Verified Account"> </div> <a aria-label="Donald J. Trump (screen name: realDonaldTrump)" class="TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend" data-scribe="element:user_link" href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" style="background-color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2; outline: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge" data-scribe="element:verified_badge" style="position: absolute; top: 0px;"> <span class="u-hiddenVisually" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px) !important; height: 1px !important; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; width: 1px !important;">✔</span></span><span class="TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName" data-scribe="element:screen_name" dir="ltr" style="color: #697882; font-size: 14px;" title="@realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</span></a></div> </div> <div class="Tweet-body e-entry-content" data-scribe="component:tweet" style="margin-top: 14px;"> <div class="Tweet-text e-entry-title" dir="ltr" lang="en" style="border: none; cursor: text; direction: ltr; list-style: none; padding: 0px;"> Arizona had a 116% increase in ObamaCare premiums last year, with deductibles very high. Chuck Schumer sold John McCain a bill of goods. Sad</div> <div class="Tweet-metadata dateline" style="color: #697882; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 3.2px;"> <a class="u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink" data-datetime="2017-09-23T10:50:14+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp" href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911543222731706368" style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: inherit; outline: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">4:20 PM - Sep 23, 2017</a></div> <ul aria-label="Tweet actions" class="Tweet-actions" data-scribe="component:actions" role="menu" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 8.4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li class="Tweet-action" style="display: inline-block;"><a class="TweetAction TweetAction--replyEdge web-intent" data-scribe="element:reply" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=911543222731706368" style="background-color: transparent; color: #697882; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><div aria-label="Reply" class="Icon Icon--reply TweetAction-icon Icon--replyEdge" role="img" style="background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml; 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left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; visibility: hidden; z-index: -1;"> <div style="height: 414.344px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: 0s; width: 1000px;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </twitterwidget></figure><br /> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="461" data-total-count="1354" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> The president defended the measure’s approach, which envisions the federal government sending grants to states to administer their own health care systems, and allowing them vast discretion over how to use the money. It would allow them to seek federal waivers to let insurers charge higher premiums to people with pre-existing medical conditions or to omit certain benefits that they are now required to provide, such as maternity care or mental health care.</div> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="76" data-total-count="1430" id="story-continues-1" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> “Better control & management,” Mr. Trump wrote. “Great for Arizona.”</div> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="188" data-total-count="1618" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> “McCain let his best friend L.G. down!” the president added, referring to Mr. McCain’s close relationship with Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of the bill’s sponsors.</div> <a class="visually-hidden skip-to-text-link" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/23/us/politics/trump-mccain-graham-cassidy-health-care-obamacare.html#story-continues-2" style="border: 0px; 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font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> The move by Mr. McCain, whose “no” vote against an earlier iteration of a health care repeal bill killed that effort in July, dealt yet another setback to Mr. Trump’s effort to fulfill his promise to do away with Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, had already come out in opposition to his party’s last-ditch health care effort, and Senate leaders can afford to lose only three of their members in a chamber that is divided 52 to 48.</div> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="309" data-total-count="2806" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> Mr. Trump, speaking at a rally in Alabama on Friday night, recalled Mr. McCain’s earlier defection with dismay, imitating the Arizona senator’s thumbs-down gesture to indicate his opposition on the Senate floor, and saying it was “terrible, honestly, terrible” when he cast the deciding “no” vote.</div> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="89" data-total-count="2895" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> “That was a totally unexpected thing,” Trump said, to boos from the Huntsville crowd.</div> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="481" data-total-count="3376" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> The president had embraced the legislation in recent days, making telephone calls to wavering senators and dispatching Vice President Mike Pence to Capitol Hill to try to build support for its passage. Mr. McCain’s announcement that he would not vote for it came just hours after the president had warned in a Friday <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911173124976193536" style="color: #326891;">post</a> on Twitter that any Republican who opposed the measure “will forever (future political campaigns) be known as ‘the Republican who saved ObamaCare.’ ”</div> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="346" data-total-count="3722" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> On Saturday, Mr. Trump appeared to be nurturing hopes that the legislative effort could be kept alive. He expressed hope that Mr. Paul would rethink his opposition to the Graham-Cassidy measure, without explaining why the Kentucky senator, who had complained that the bill left the Affordable Care Act’s essential structure intact, might do so.</div> <br /> <br /> <figure class="media twitter embedded layout-horizontal-inset" style="clear: both; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 45px 30px 45px 105px; max-width: none; position: relative;"><twitterwidget class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" data-tweet-id="911546774267006976" id="twitter-widget-2" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 220px; position: static; transform: rotate(0deg); visibility: visible; width: 500px;"><div class="SandboxRoot env-bp-350" data-twitter-event-id="2" style="background: 0px 0px; color: #1c2022; direction: ltr; font-family: Helvetica, Roboto, "Segoe UI", Calibri, sans-serif; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; white-space: initial;"> <div class="EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent js-enableExperiments" data-click-to-open-target="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911546774267006976" data-dt-abbr="%{number}%{symbol}" data-dt-am="AM" data-dt-explicit-timestamp="4:34 PM - Sep 23, 2017" data-dt-full="%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}" data-dt-h="h" data-dt-hour="hour" data-dt-hours="hours" data-dt-long="%{day} %{month} %{year}" data-dt-m="m" data-dt-minute="minute" data-dt-minutes="minutes" data-dt-months="Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec" data-dt-now="now" data-dt-pm="PM" data-dt-s="s" data-dt-second="second" data-dt-seconds="seconds" data-dt-short="%{day} %{month}" data-iframe-title="Twitter Tweet" data-scribe="page:tweet" data-twitter-event-id="5" id="twitter-widget-2" lang="en" style="border-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(225, 232, 237); cursor: pointer; max-width: 520px; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"> <div class="EmbeddedTweet-tweet" style="padding: 20px 20px 11.6px;"> <blockquote cite="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911546774267006976" class="Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded is-deciderHtmlWhitespace" data-scribe="section:subject" data-tweet-id="911546774267006976" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="Tweet-header u-cf" style="padding-left: 45px; position: relative; white-space: nowrap;"> <div class="Tweet-brand u-floatRight" style="float: right !important; position: relative; z-index: 1;"> <span class="u-hiddenInNarrowEnv"><a class="FollowButton FollowButton--edge follow-button profile" data-scribe="component:followbutton" href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" role="button" style="border-radius: 100px; border: 1px solid rgb(85, 172, 238); color: #55acee; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 5.5px 13px 6.5px 11.5px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Follow Donald J. 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Trump (screen name: realDonaldTrump)" class="TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend" data-scribe="element:user_link" href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" style="background-color: transparent; display: inline-block; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.2; outline: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;"><span class="TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge" data-scribe="element:verified_badge" style="position: absolute; top: 0px;"> <span class="u-hiddenVisually" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px) !important; height: 1px !important; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; width: 1px !important;">✔</span></span><span class="TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName" data-scribe="element:screen_name" dir="ltr" style="color: #697882; font-size: 14px;" title="@realDonaldTrump">@realDonaldTrump</span></a></div> </div> <div class="Tweet-body e-entry-content" data-scribe="component:tweet" style="margin-top: 14px;"> <div class="Tweet-text e-entry-title" dir="ltr" lang="en" style="border: none; cursor: text; direction: ltr; list-style: none; padding: 0px;"> I know Rand Paul and I think he may find a way to get there for the good of the Party!</div> <div class="Tweet-metadata dateline" style="color: #697882; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 3.2px;"> <a class="u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink" data-datetime="2017-09-23T11:04:21+0000" data-scribe="element:full_timestamp" href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911546774267006976" style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: inherit; outline: 0px; text-decoration: inherit;">4:34 PM - Sep 23, 2017</a></div> <ul aria-label="Tweet actions" class="Tweet-actions" data-scribe="component:actions" role="menu" style="border: none; list-style: none; margin: 8.4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"> <li class="Tweet-action" style="display: inline-block;"><a class="TweetAction TweetAction--replyEdge web-intent" data-scribe="element:reply" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=911546774267006976" style="background-color: transparent; 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But while Mr. Trump hopes she will support the bill, the governor of Alaska, Bill Walker, an independent, opposes it and has said he has communicated his concerns to Ms. Murkowski.</div> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="167" data-total-count="4420" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> A spokeswoman for Ms. Murkowski, Karina Petersen, said early Friday evening that the senator was continuing to study the Graham-Cassidy bill and its projected effects.</div> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="233" data-total-count="4653" id="story-continues-4" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> “Senator Murkowski is still focused on how the bill will impact Alaska, specifically,” Ms. Petersen said. “She’s continuing to gather data and is looking at the details of the bill to determine what’s best for her state.”</div> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="233" data-total-count="4653" id="story-continues-4" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J787vg_-VuU" width="640"></iframe></div> <div class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="233" data-total-count="4653" id="story-continues-4" style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 75px; max-width: none; width: 570px;"> <br /></div> </div> </div> <br /></div>

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