Vice President Mike Pence left the Indianapolis Colts game at which Peyton Manning’s number is to be retired after the San Francisco 49ers’ decided to kneel in protest before the game, the Washington Post reports.
Estimates of the numbers of players who took a knee ranged from 15 to 23.
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