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AUDIO: Toyota Ad Says Kaepernick Anthem Protest Was "Sign of Respect to the Military"

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Ad also falsely claims Kaepernick is "two-time Super Bowl quarterback"

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A new Toyota commercial featuring Colin Kaepernick claims the former NFL 
quarterback's controversial national anthem protest was a "sign of respect to 
the military."

The ad, which aired Friday morning on Howard University's radio station, says 
Kaepernick's decision to go "on one knee" during the national anthem "came as 
a sign of respect to the military" and "changed the world." The commercial 
also calls Kaepernick a "two-time Super Bowl quarterback," which is false. 
Kaepernick appeared in one Super Bowl, a 34-31 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.

"Colin Rand Kaepernick, a two-time Super Bowl quarterback and NFL record 
holder, first knelt on one knee during the national anthem in 2016 as a sign 
of respect to the military and a symbol of protest against police shootings," 
the Toyota ad says. "He changed the world and sparked a peaceful form of 
protest that continues around the world."

The ad also features an audio clip in which Kaepernick himself explains his 
decision to kneel. He does not mention the military in the clip-instead, he 
says he kneeled to "bring awareness and make people realize what's really 
going on in this country."

"This country stands for freedom, liberty, justice for all," Kaepernick says 
in the ad. "And it's not happening for all right now."

The activist made clear in 2016 that he kneeled during the anthem to protest 
police brutality. In an interview at the time, Kaepernick said he would not 
"stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppressed black people 
and people of color."

Toyota did not return repeated requests for comment on the ad and its 
apparent partnership with Kaepernick. The automaker is not the only major 
company to feature Kaepernick in an advertising campaign. Roughly two years 
after he first protested the national anthem in a 2016 preseason game, 
Kaepernick signed a multiyear contract with Nike worth millions of dollars. 
The sportswear giant went on to prominently feature Kaepernick in an ad 
campaign with the slogan "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing 
everything."

Kaepernick has taken on a number of radical positions since his initial 
anthem protest. In October 2020, he penned a Medium post that expressed 
support for abolishing both police and prisons. The post, which includes a 
section titled "fuck reform," accuses police of "terrorism" and calls for "a 
future without the terror of policing and prisons."

"In order to eradicate anti-Blackness, we must also abolish the police," 
Kaepernick wrote. "The abolition of one without the other is impossible."

In addition to its Kaepernick collaboration, Toyota is an official worldwide 
partner of the Olympics. The company remained largely silent in the buildup 
to the 2022 Winter Games, which are taking place in China, where up to two 
million Uyghur Muslims are being held in internment camps.

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