Former gubernatorial contender Kari Lake criticized the NFL on Thursday after the league chose to feature a rendition of the \u201cblack national anthem\u201d before the opening game of the season.<\/p>\n
A local youth choir performed \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing\u201d prior to kickoff in Kansas City, drawing boos<\/a> from the crowd. Christian singer Natalie Grant<\/a> then sang \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI hear the [NFL] is still trying to force this divisive nonsense down America\u2019s throats. I won\u2019t stand for it. Literally,\u201d Lake posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. \u201cAmerica has only ONE National Anthem and that Anthem is color blind.\u201d<\/p>\n Accompanying her post was a picture showing her seated during a performance of \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing\u201d before Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona, earlier this year.<\/p>\n I hear the @NFL<\/a> is still trying to force this divisive nonsense down America\u2019s throats.<\/p>\n I won\u2019t stand for it. Literally.<\/p>\n America has only ONE National Anthem and that Anthem is color blind. https:\/\/t.co\/fFSHcp7sP1<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Kari Lake (@KariLake) September 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n \nLake told Newsweek<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m against a \u2018black National Anthem\u2019 for the same reason I am against a \u2018white National Anthem,\u2019 a \u2018gay National Anthem,\u2019 a \u2018straight National Anthem,\u2019 a \u2018Jewish National Anthem,\u2019 a \u2018Christian National Anthem,\u2019 and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are ONE NATION, under God, Francis Scott Key\u2019s words ring true for every single American Citizen regardless of their skin color,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n The NFL introduced the playing of \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing\u201d at the start of the 2020 season<\/a>. The song has been featured in pregame ceremonies before the last three Super Bowls.<\/p>\n While Lake\u2019s refusal to stand for the \u201cblack national anthem<\/a>\u201d drew some criticism at the time, black conservatives rallied behind her.<\/p>\n Kari Lake was not amused by the \u201cblack national anthem.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/5Ri6RUDy09<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n \nFormer California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder and Utah Rep. Burgess Owens, a former NFL player, voiced their support for Lake and criticized the concept of a separate anthem based on skin color, according to Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI agree with Kari Lake. We have one national anthem, and it\u2019s THE national anthem,\u201d Elder said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cI am as opposed to playing both anthems as I am to the term \u2018African \u2014 [American]\u2019 and to Black History Month. These things are divisive. They imply blacks are somehow separate and apart from American history, tradition, and experience. It suggests continued victimization and oppression when antiblack racism in America has never been more insignificant.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBlacks fought and died in every American war, including the Revolutionary War, in which a black man was the first casualty. We ARE American history.\u201d<\/p>\n Burgess agreed, saying the NFL was \u201cworking very hard\u201d to divide Americans.<\/p>\n \u201cI will not stand for any other national anthem but our National Anthem, so I\u2019m with Kari Lake,\u201d Burgess said. \u201cI will not be part of dividing our country between Blacks and Whites. I will not do that. I will not be part of it. The NFL has ashamed themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n This article appeared originally on The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Kari Lake Torches NFL After Backlash from National Anthem Decision at Kickoff<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former gubernatorial contender Kari Lake criticized the NFL on Thursday after the league chose to feature a rendition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n