00:00Everyone is talking about Donald Trump and the NFL.
00:03Are you ready for some...
00:05RACIAL TENSION!
00:07The hosts are unleashed, people.
00:09After a weekend of...
00:10tweeting and demonstrations sparked by President Donald Trump's opposition to players...
00:15kneeling during the National Anthem, late-night hosts weighed in Monday night.
00:18Trevor Noah, Stephen Cole...
00:20and Seth Meyers were just some of the comedians who took on Trump's tweets and the response.
00:25All of them agreeing that despite the president's comments and tweets to the contrary...
00:29Kneeling during the...
00:30the National Anthem has everything to do with race, just like your presidency.
00:34Colbert added on...
00:35CBS's Late Show.
00:36Those players are protesting racial injustice.
00:38They're not protesting the American...
00:40flag.
00:41You do realize the civil rights activists weren't sitting at lunch counters for Better Girl
00:45Cheaters...
00:45Meanwhile, Comedy Central's The Daily Show host Trevor Noah pointed out that Colin Kaepernick...
00:50who made headlines for taking a knee during the National Anthem last year...
00:53changed his protest...
00:55from sitting to kneeling...
00:56purportedly as a tribute to fallen soldiers.
00:58So you see that Kaepernick changed...
01:00to take a knee...
01:02to take a knee...
01:03because clearly he does respect the...
01:05troops.
01:06And still, President Trump called him out in a way that he never did to the Nazis...
01:10in Charlottesville.
01:11So in my opinion, this has everything to do with race.
01:15Late night, both host Seth Meyers and writer Amber Ruffin took on Trump's comments.
01:20He pointed out, as other comedians did, that many of the NFL owners who sided with their
01:24players...
01:25disagreed with Trump had backed Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
01:30He explained how Trump's latest comments are illustrative of Trump's racism.
01:33By now, it should be clear to everybody...
01:35who Donald Trump is and what he represents.
01:37When black athletes peacefully protest racism...
01:40and police brutality, Trump has no problem summoning his outrage.
01:43But when white supremacists...
01:45march with Nazi flags and Confederate flags to the streets of an American city...
01:48he equivocates and then defends...
01:50Late night writer Ruffin also called out Trump for his racially motivated criticism...
01:55saying...
01:56Trump is trying to make sure to let black people know that if we don't fall in line...
01:59we will be punished...
02:00Well, guess what?
02:01If slavery didn't break us, this idiot sir...
02:05Certainly can't, you raggedy fool!
02:07For more of Late Night's Trump Take, head to...
02:10hr.com and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
02:13For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Jeremy Hassel.
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