It's a political stunt in order to pit his base against those protesters. These people don't actually care about veterans, they only care about LOOKING like they care about veterans. That way they can hold how much more "American" they are than the people who are kneeling and protesting.
To answer your question, players kneeling is not disrespecting the soldiers. I would agree if Pence actually cared about veterans, he would be out campaigning in Congress to pass legislation or increase funding to the VA to actually care about the people who fight in our wars. I mean, honestly, stopping our war economy would be the best route, but I don't ever see Congress doing that.
It's a political stunt in order to pit his base against those protesters. These people don't actually care about veterans, they only care about LOOKING like they care about veterans. That way they can hold how much more "American" they are than the people who are kneeling and protesting.
To answer your question, players kneeling is not disrespecting the soldiers. I would agree if Pence actually cared about veterans, he would be out campaigning in Congress to pass legislation or increase funding to the VA to actually care about the people who fight in our wars. I mean, honestly, stopping our war economy would be the best route, but I don't ever see Congress doing that.