{"id":1402958,"date":"2022-03-27T11:44:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T15:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1402958"},"modified":"2022-03-27T11:44:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T15:44:54","slug":"blm-backing-lewis-hamilton-confirms-he-will-race-in-saudi-despite-mass-beheading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-backing-lewis-hamilton-confirms-he-will-race-in-saudi-despite-mass-beheading\/","title":{"rendered":"BLM-Backing Lewis Hamilton Confirms He Will Race in Saudi Despite Mass Beheading"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblm-backing-lewis-hamilton-confirms-he-will-race-in-saudi-despite-mass-beheading%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1402958&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Despite admitting he does not feel \u201ccomfortable\u201d in Saudi Arabia, BLM-backing Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton confirmed on Friday that he will still race there regardless of human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton, 37, has confirmed he will be competing in the F1 race in Jeddah on Sunday, despite supposedly having strong views about the Islamic kingdom\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Saudi Arabia recently drew negative attention when it announced it had executed at least 97 people since the 12th of March, which the Black Lives Matter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/29403635\/hamilton-unveils-black-lives-matter-tribute-helmet-2020-f1-season\">advocate<\/a>\u00a0branded as \u201cmind-blowing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The favoured method of execution in the country is public beheading with a traditional sword, although stoning and firing squads are also employed, with capital offences ranging from murder and terrorism to apostasy \u2014 i.e. renouncing Islam \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2011\/12\/13\/world\/meast\/saudi-arabia-beheading\/index.html\">\u201cwitchcraft and sorcery\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Formula 1 world champion went as far as to suggest he is prepared to sit down with the Saudi Arabian dictatorship to discuss improving their civil rights, insisting that \u201cit is 2022, and it is easy to make changes\u201d\u00a0 \u2014 although it seems doubtful the all-powerful Saudi authorities will be interested in making substantive changes to the way they run the kingdom on the advice of a foreign racecar driver.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be our responsibility to have to do that [discuss human rights with the Saudi government]. But it is obviously a very complex situation. I am always open to having a discussion, to learning more and trying to understand exactly why things are happening and why they are not changing,\u201d Hamilton\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton then attempted to distance himself from Saudi Arabian regime by saying that \u201cwe don\u2019t decide where we go to race\u201d \u2014 as if the multi-millionaire could not refuse to drive \u2014 and suggested it is \u201cimportant we try to educate ourselves\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s been 6 months since Breonna Taylor was murdered by policemen, in her own home. Still no justice has been served. We won\u2019t stay silent. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JusticeForBreonnaTaylor?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JusticeForBreonnaTaylor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7zinVHiYcH\">pic.twitter.com\/7zinVHiYcH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LewisHamilton\/status\/1305185960024510464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The driver is a vocal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/16\/blm-boosting-lewis-hamilton-accepts-knighthood-from-the-very-establishment-blm-boycotts\/\">supporter<\/a> of the\u00a0Marxist-inspired\u00a0protest movement Black Lives Matter,\u00a0adorning himself\u00a0in clothing featuring the BLM clenched-fist logo and slogans before races, and at one point raced in a black car.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite admitting he had received a letter\u00a0\u201cfrom a 14-year-old who is on death row\u201d in Saudi Arabia, he has not indicated that he will be making a political statement \u2014 such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/lewis-hamilton-takes-a-knee-as-f1-returns-but-some-drivers-choose-not-to-join-him-12021797\">taking the knee<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 as he has been fond of doing in Western nations before races.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Hamilton has not moved to make an official effort to try to intervene in the execution of the 14-year-old either, instead insisting his role is to \u201ceducate\u201d \u2014 although about what is unclear, and that it is up to\u00a0\u201cthose who are in power to really make the changes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Formula 1\u00a0has agreed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/formula-1\/lewis-hamilton-saudi-human-rights-26556399\">15-year deal<\/a> to hold races in Saudi Arabia there has been no indication that this will be changed in the immediate future.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Breitbart London, political commentator\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sophielouisecc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Sophie Corcoran<\/a>\u00a0called out Hamilton\u2019s hypocrisy, suggesting that if he was that concerned about the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia then the solution is \u201cquite simple: he shouldn\u2019t race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPut principles before money and trophies, virtue signalling won\u2019t achieve much,\u201d Corcoran said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As Richard Littlejohn says, Lewis Hamilton has applauded the toppling of statues and called for all \u2018racist symbols\u2019 around the world to be removed. <\/p>\n<p>He is paid \u00a340million a year by Mercedes, a firm which made vast profits from slavery. <\/p>\n<p>Will the ignorant hypocrisy ever end? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HPjcnWvH4i\">pic.twitter.com\/HPjcnWvH4i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nigel_Farage\/status\/1273951724294856705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite admitting he does not feel \u201ccomfortable\u201d in Saudi Arabia, BLM-backing Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton confirmed on Friday that he will still race there regardless of human rights abuses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1402958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1402958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1402958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1402958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1402958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}