Widow of Fallen Marine Challenges Nike: ‘Meet Me and My Son at Arlington’
(L) Brittany Jacobs places a flower at the headstone of her husband Marine Sgt. Christopher Jacobs at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on May 27, 2018. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images), (R) A Nike Ad featuring American football quarterback Colin Kaepernick is on display in New York City on September 8, 2018. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images
The wife of a fallen Marine, Brittany Jacobs, recently shared her opinion on Nike choosing Colin Kaepernick as the face of its new ad campaign.
“To see someone who knelt before the flag ... be able to say that he sacrificed everything? It’s hard and it’s sad. It’s not right,” she said during an interview with Fox and Friends on Sept. 9.