“When he steps out on the stage, the world stage, he’s taking advantage of that and he’s undermining patriotism,” King said during an interview on NewsmaxTV.

“I understand that he has an Islamic girlfriend that is his fiancée and that this has changed him and has taken on some different political views along the way,”

After alluding to Kaepernick’s girlfriend Nessa Diab, the seven-term congressman said “this is activism that’s sympathetic to ISIS.”