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OPINION: Donald Trump claims his attacks on NFL players have 'nothing to do with race.' Yeah, right.

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Donald Trump took a break on Sunday from attacking black athletes over a silent, peaceful protest waged against racism to claim that “this has nothing to do with race.”

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