97-year-old Missouri WWII vet takes a knee for protesting NFL players; Twitter loves him

A 97-year-old World War II veteran from Missouri took a knee Sunday morning in support of NFL football players’ protests, and his grandson’s photo of it took Twitter by storm. “My grandpa is a 97 year-old WWII vet & Missouri farmer who wanted to join w/ those who #TakeaKnee,” Brennan Gilmore tweeted about John Middlemas. Then, quoting his grandfather, Gilmore added: “Those kids have every right to protest.”
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