Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was one of the most recent NFL players to comment on the ongoing national anthem controversy. While many players have voiced their support of players who choose to protest, Prescott came out with some comments that fell exactly in line with what his team’s owner Jerry Jones wants players to say.
Jones has prohibited his players from protesting, and Prescott echoed that decision saying it wasn’t the right thing for him to do.
“I respect what all those guys believe in,” Prescott said. “If they believe it’s going to make a change and it’s going to make a difference, then power to them. But for me, I believe in doing something, action. It’s not about taking a knee. It’s not necessarily about standing. We can find a different place to make our country better.”
That led to some backlash — including being named “Donkey of the Week” by The Breakfast Club — but the harshest criticism came in his own city. 29-year-old artist Trey Wilder painted a mural of Prescott, which draws inspiration from the hit movie Get Out when the main character was hypnotized and officially fell into the sunken place; the antithesis of being woke.
Don’t forget, Kanye West got the “Get Out” treatment earlier this year when he shared a photo of himself in a “Make America Great Again” hat while voicing support for president Donald Trump.
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“I was just thinking about some of the scenes in the movie where the guy was hypnotized, and that’s what I believed [Prescott’s] remarks seemed like,” Wilder said, via the Dallas News.
You can check out more photos of the Dak Prescott mural below, along with additional work from Trey Wilder. To keep up with his latest art and murals that are always popping up, be sure to hit that follow button on Instagram where he is closing in on 5,000 followers.
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