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NFL fans recorded themselves burning players' jerseys in response to national anthem protests. Fans are pictured on Sept. 19, 2005 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Getty Images

President Donald Trump suggested that NFL players who took a knee during the national anthem should be fired — and fans took it literally. Footage of disgruntled fans burning players’ jerseys went viral Tuesday.

"Wouldn’t you love to see one of the NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now'?" Trump said at an Alabama rally.

Trump sparked a firestorm Friday when he condemned athletes who protested by kneeling during the national anthem. Enraged fans who agreed with the president recorded themselves torching their once-favorite player’s jerseys, which quickly spread like wildfire throughout the internet.

The video showed the fans lighting season tickets and other memorabilia on fire in response to teams or individual players who kneeled or stayed in the locker room during the national anthem Sunday.

"I'm a season-ticket holder, love the NFL, always have always been a huge fan," Rodney Heard from Indiana said in a video posted on Facebook. "Wish I could have played in the NFL if I'd have the athletic ability. Instead, I went into the Marine Corps, I served my country, my grandfathers served our country, both of them fought in World War II. There are a lot of people who fought and died for that flag and to disrespect it like you did yesterday, I'm done."

Conversely, 64 percent of Americans agreed with Trump that players should stand during the national anthem, according to a Sept. 25 poll conducted by the Remington Research Group.

America seemed divided on the issue as some argued that the protests were anti-patriotic. The protests started last season when then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick first took a knee to protest racial injustice and police brutality.

Besides players, singers and other entertainers kneeled during Sunday's national anthem. Baltimore Raven's national anthem songster Joey Odoms resigned Tuesday and cited personal reasons for his decision.

"The tone/actions of a large number of NFL fans in the midst of our country's cultural crisis have convinced me that I do not belong there," Odoms wrote in an Instagram post. "Someone once told me to always 'go where you're welcomed.’”

"Fans who attack players for protesting, (a right in which I fought to defend) but are simply not interested in understanding why is the reason I am resigning."

Odoms is African-American and a member of the Maryland National Guard. While stationed in Afghanistan Odoms met Ravens coach John Harbaugh and asked to be the team's next national anthem singer.

He won a contest in 2014 and became the national anthem singer for Ravens home games at M&T Bank Stadium. Odom’s resigned just two days after 13 Ravens players kneeled during the national anthem for the first time.

"This is not an emotional reaction to recent events, rather an ethical decision that part of me regrets but my core knows is the right choice," Odoms added. "Thank you so much for the opportunity to grow as a performer and for allowing me to live out a dream of sharing my gift with you."

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