When Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the National Anthem last year, he said he was drawing attention to police brutality against black Americans.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders doubted Colin Kaepernick’s motivations, suggesting that the former NFL quarterback was protesting America and not police brutality. While responding to reporters, Huckabee Sanders said, “I think if the debate is really, for them, about police brutality they should probably protest the officers on the field protecting them instead of the American flag.”