I SUPPORT IT. IT’S A GREAT HONOUR FOR US TO BE INVITED

anthem before their race Sunday at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. NASCAR legend Richard Petty, owner of Richard Petty Motorsports, told The Associated Press: “Anybody that don’t stand up for the anthem oughta be out of the country, period. What got ’em where they’re at? The United States.”

When asked if his drivers would be fired if they protested during the anthem, Petty said: “You’re right.”

Not surprisingly, every NASCAR driver stood for the anthem Sunday.

Forget about the first amendment. It’s us versus them. In Trump’s America, it’s the good ol’ white boys of NASCAR versus the mostly black players in the NFL.

“So proud of NASCAR and its supporters and fans,” Trump tweeted. “They won’t put up with disrespecting when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out! He’s fired. He’s fired!’”

“Son of a bitch” — a term Trump wouldn’t even use to describe the Nazis and white supremacists who marched in Charlottesville, Va., where a woman was killed demonstrating against them. Instead, the president said there were “some very fine people on both sides.”

Kudos to NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., who had the courage to tweet to his 2.28 million followers on Monday: “All Americans R granted rights 2 peaceful protests Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable-JFK”

Here’s what the Penguins said in their statement after accepting Trump’s invitation: “The Pittsburgh Penguins respect the institution of the Office of the President, and the long tradition of championship teams visiting the White House. Any agreement or disagreement with a president’s politics, policies or agenda can be expressed in other ways.”

Am I the only one wondering if the Penguins know what percentage of their predominantly white fan base in Pittsburgh supports Trump? Trump won Pennsylvania during the presidential election, outpolling Hillary Clinton by 44,292 votes out of more than six million cast.

Said Crosby about the Penguins’ decision to go to the White House: “I support it. It’s a great honour for us to be invited there.”

NBA superstar LeBron James had a different take when he tweeted at Trump: “Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!”

In a video posted to social media, James said: “For him to try to use this platform to divide us even more is not something I can stand for and not something I can be quiet about.”

Us versus them has also become NHL versus NBA and NASCAR versus NFL.

When the Penguins visited the White House after their Stanley Cup championship last year, they were a sea of white faces in the official photo taken with former president Barack Obama. Obama is no longer in the White House and the Penguins might as well all wear Trump’s Make America Great Again caps when they pose for this year’s photo with the president.