Kari Lake remains to be pushing again in opposition to the NFL for taking part in the Black Nationwide Anthem earlier than video games.
On Thursday evening, because the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Detroit Lions ready for his or her matchup, the previous Republican candidate for governor of Arizona took to X, previously referred to as Twitter, expressing her dissatisfaction with the league’s ongoing resolution, Fox Information reported.
“I hear the @NFL remains to be making an attempt to drive this divisive nonsense down America’s throats. I gained’t stand for it. Actually,” Lake wrote. “America has solely ONE Nationwide Anthem and that Anthem is shade blind.”
An area scholar choral group sang “Raise Each Voice and Sing,” which the NAACP started to advertise because the Black nationwide anthem in 1917, earlier than “The Star-Spangled Banner” efficiency throughout the pregame rituals.
Lake’s publish featured a photograph of herself sitting throughout the Black nationwide anthem at Tremendous Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona, earlier this 12 months.
The NFL began taking part in “Raise Each Voice and Sing” earlier than video games throughout the 2020 soccer season after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a tragedy that sparked a nationwide rebellion in opposition to racial injustice.
In April 2021, the Black nationwide anthem performed earlier than the draft and Tremendous Bowl LV. Gospel duo Mary Mary sang it earlier than Tremendous Bowl LVI, the place the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals.
Lake beforehand instructed Fox she opposed a Black nationwide anthem as a result of the lyrics of “The Star-Spangled Banner” “ring true for each single American Citizen no matter their pores and skin shade.”
After her refusal to face throughout the anthem at Tremendous Bowl LVII went viral and brought on a social media storm, Black conservatives rallied round her.
Former NFL participant Burgess Owens, a Republican congressman from Utah, and former California governor candidate Larry Elder supported Lake, denouncing the thought of a special anthem primarily based on pores and skin shade.
“I agree with Kari Lake. We’ve one nationwide anthem, and it’s THE nationwide anthem,” Elder stated, based on Fox. “I’m versus taking part in each anthems as I’m to the time period ‘African – America’ and to Black Historical past Month.”
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