Washington Owner Daniel Synder stands with cornerback Josh Norman #24 and cornerback Bashaud Breeland #26 during the the national anthem before the game against the Oakland Raiders at FedExField on September 24, 2017 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

As the National Anthem played in FedEx Field on Sunday night, the owner of Washington’s football team stood on the sidelines, his arms linked with many of the team’s players. Others kneeled.

Across the gridiron, most of the players on the Oakland Raiders remained on the bench for the song.

The widespread protests seen this Sunday before NFL games came after President Donald Trump attacked the league in a stump speech in Alabama on Friday.

“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, he’s fired’?” Trump said. He didn’t mention by name Colin Kaepernick, the former 49ers quarterback and current free agent, who engaged in silent protest to draw attention to racial inequality and police brutality. While Kaepernick is not currently signed to a team, a move widely seen as punishment for his protest, other players have taken the mantle.

Shortly after the anthem played on Sunday, the Washington team released a statement saying it will “work to address divisions and bring unity, civility, and respect to our greater community.”

Notably, the statement does not directly mention the anthem protests or Trump, and does not include owner Dan Snyder’s name. (It also doesn’t bring up how the team’s name is a dictionary-defined slur.)

Snyder donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration festivities, one of many NFL owners to do so, and his wife donated $534.86 directly to the Trump campaign in September 2015.

Members of the team had more pointed things to say, like Cornerback Josh Norman. “We did it for unity,” said Norman in a post-game interview. “We wanted to stand for something. I’m just going to tell you right now—this man [Trump] is not welcome in Washington D.C. … I respect the office. I respect the troops. My family fought in the war. But like I said before, this is not about the flag. It’s not. It’s not about anything like that. This is about what we are being faced with right now. It’s being teared down from within the White House.”

In another interview, Norman poignantly asked, “Am I American?”

Bizarrely, on a weekend where U.S. citizens faced massive blackouts and loss of water, this wasn’t Trump’s only sports feud brewing.

He also rescinded a White House invitation to National Basketball Association champions The Golden State Warriors via Twitter, after star Steph Curry said that he would vote against such a visit, which likely would have happened when the team plays the Washington Wizards on February 28.

In a statement, the Warriors said, “In lieu of a visit to the White House, we have decided that we’ll constructively use our trip to the nation’s capital in February to celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion—the values we embrace as an organization.”

Wizards guard Bradley Beal called out Trump for his comments about both the NFL and Curry on Twitter.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a special welcome to the Warriors, saying that “if anyone tells you that you cannot come to D.C., tell them Mayor Bowser invited you.”

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