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Being a former Attorney General in the age of Trump has to be a weird job. You belong to a select group of individuals who understand the inner workings of the justice system in America — warts and all — and yet propriety, and, well, time, prevents you from openly criticizing every single move the administration makes.
But what do you do when the president does something of questionable legality, or at least a breach of ethical norms? You know, like calling for NFL players who exercise their First Amendment rights to be fired or suspended. Do you remain quiet?
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If you’re former AG Eric Holder you throw some well placed side-eye at the president.
Taking a knee is not without precedent Mr. President. Those who dared to protest have helped bring positive change pic.twitter.com/Ik0t1mHaYl
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) September 24, 2017
In the years since his assassination Martin Luther King Jr. has passed through the gates of respectability politics, and his legacy is largely seen as the “right” way to protest by white Americans. But it’s important to remember that at the time, an overwhelming majority of white people in this country were opposed to his methods and thought protests would hurt the advancement of civil rights. They were wrong.
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Now Eric Holder is here to remind the president he just might be proven wrong by Colin Kaepernick.
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