{"id":1943659,"date":"2023-06-03T20:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T00:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-condemns-interrupting-of-sc-childrens-choir-performance-at-capitol\/"},"modified":"2023-06-03T20:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T00:58:40","slug":"mccarthy-condemns-interrupting-of-sc-childrens-choir-performance-at-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-condemns-interrupting-of-sc-childrens-choir-performance-at-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy denounces disruption of SC kids&#8217; choir at Capitol."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fmccarthy-condemns-interrupting-of-sc-childrens-choir-performance-at-capitol%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=1943659&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--><h2>U.S. Capitol Police Apologize for Interrupting Children&#8217;s Choir Performance of National Anthem<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>The U.S. Capitol Police issued an apology after they say they \u201cmistakenly\u201d labeled a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-analyst-biden-appears-mentally-unfit-for-office\/\" title=\"EU Analyst: Biden appears mentally unfit for office\">recent performance<\/a> of the National Anthem by a South Carolina children\u2019s choir as a \u201cdemonstration.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The incident took place as the Greenville-based Rushingbrook Children\u2019s Choir performed the National Anthem inside of the Capitol building, according to a report by local news outlet FOX Carolina.<\/p>\n<h3>Capitol Police Criticized for Interrupting Patriotic Performance<\/h3>\n<p>The actions by Capitol Police prompted criticism by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who, in a tweet on Friday night, said he \u201cjust <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-interrupt-childrens-choir-singing-national-anthem-it-might-offend\/\" title=\"Capitol Police stop kids' choir from singing anthem: 'Could be offensive'\">learned kids<\/a> were interrupted while singing our National Anthem at the Capitol. Unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese children were welcomed by my office because your Capitol is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-team-walks-back-promise-of-widespread-vaccinations-by-spring\/\" title=\"Biden team walks back promise of widespread vaccinations by spring\">back open<\/a>, particularly for school groups,\u201d McCarthy added.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rep. William Timmons (R-SC) also took to Twitter to address the interruption, vowing to \u201ccover all expenses\u201d of the visiting children\u2019s choir should the group decide to return to the Capitol.<\/li>\n<li>A review of the Capitol Police website lists musical events among the activities permitted in certain locations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Capitol Police Blame Miscommunication for Interruption<\/h3>\n<p>A Capitol Police spokesperson released a statement blaming the interruption on a &#8220;miscommunication.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAlthough popup demonstrations and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-hbos-newest-tina-turner-doc-is-a-fascinating-must-watch\/\" title=\"REVIEW: HBO\u2019s Newest Tina Turner Doc Is A Fascinating Must-Watch\">musical performances<\/a> are not allowed in the U.S. Capitol without the proper approval, due to a miscommunication, the U.S Capitol Police were not aware that the Speaker\u2019s Office had approved this performance,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;We apologize to the choir for this miscommunication that impacted their beautiful rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner and their visit to Capitol Hill.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that musical performances are allowed in certain areas of the Capitol with proper approval, according to the Capitol Police website.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, this incident will serve as a reminder to all involved to communicate clearly and effectively to avoid any future interruptions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-condemns-interrupting-of-sc-childrens-choir-performance-at-capitol\/\" title=\"McCarthy denounces disruption of SC kids' choir at Capitol.\">patriotic performances<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Capitol Police apologized for mistakenly labeling a performance of the National Anthem by a South Carolina children&#8217;s choir as a &#8220;demonstration.&#8221; The Greenville-based Rushingbrook Children&#8217;s Choir performed inside the Capitol building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1943660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4172,11528,4418,21304,4247,3663],"class_list":["post-1943659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-capitol","tag-choir","tag-denounces","tag-disruption","tag-kids","tag-mccarthy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943659","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1943659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1943660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1943659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1943659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1943659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}