Cass R. Sunstein, Columnist

In NFL Fight, Trump Embraces Political Correctness

On the football field and on college campuses, our freedom of speech extends far beyond constitutional law.

September 25, 2017 at 11:48 AM UTC

Cass R. Sunstein is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is the author of “The Cost-Benefit Revolution” and a co-author of “Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness.”

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In calling on NFL owners and fans to punish athletes who engage in political protests, President Donald Trump has become a Super Bowl champion of something he purports to oppose: political correctness.

Apparently he’s fine with punishing dissenters, so long as he abhors what the dissenters are saying.