Rep. Kevin Brady, marked National Anthem Day on Saturday by showing the “appropriate” time to take a knee, a jab at professional athletes who have taken to kneeling during the national anthem as a form of protest.
“This is an appropriate time to take a knee, not while the national anthem is being played,” Brady, R-Texas, said on social media. “You stand, place your right hand over your heart and thank God you live in the USA. #NationalAnthemDay.”
The photo included in his tweet shows Brady kneeling next to American Legion Auxiliary Chaplain Hazel Broyles, Judge Wayne Mack, and Honor Guard Commander Sheila Schulte in laying a wreath at the gravestone of a local killed while serving in Vietnam. The scene in Willis, Texas, was captured on camera on Dec. 16, 2017, during a Wreaths Across Willis event, according to the Courier.