Minnesota’s top teacher who knelt during Monday night’s college football championship game said it felt right “to have a very respectful protest.”
Kelly Holstine, who won Minnesota’s 2019 “Teacher of the Year” award, knelt in protest while being honored along with other teachers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. Among those standing were President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump. A teacher from the Extra Yard for Teachers charity kneels during the National Anthem prior to the Clemson v LSU game in the College Football Playoff National Championship. (Getty Images) “I just decided that it felt like the right thing to do, to have a very respectful protest,” Holstine told The Hill on Wednesday. Holstine said she was motivated to kneel during the anthem for communities that are […]
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