{"id":2011992,"date":"2023-08-25T12:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T16:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carlos-santana-apologizes-for-anti-trans-comments\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T12:49:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T16:49:35","slug":"carlos-santana-apologizes-for-anti-trans-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carlos-santana-apologizes-for-anti-trans-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Santana apologizes for making offensive comments about the transgender community."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fcarlos-santana-apologizes-for-anti-trans-comments%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=2011992&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>Music Legend Carlos Santana Apologizes for Insensitive Comments<\/h2>\n<p>Music\u2064 legend Carlos Santana recently issued an apology\u2062 after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-john-durham-schools-democratic-congressman-on-special-counsel-investigation\/\" title=\"VIDEO: John Durham Educates Dem Congressman on Special Counsel Probe\">making controversial remarks<\/a> about gender identity. In a\u200b statement\u200b posted on\u2062 social media, Santana expressed remorse for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrities-tend-to-give-their-celebrity-friends-cover-kimmel-slammed-for-not-asking-ellen-about-toxic-workplace-claims\/\" title=\"\u2018Celebrities Tend To Give Their Celebrity Friends Cover\u2019: Kimmel Slammed For Not Asking Ellen About Toxic Workplace Claims\">insensitive comments<\/a>\u2063 and emphasized his desire to honor and respect all individuals&#8217; ideals and beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u200b am sorry for my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carlos-santana-apologizes-for-anti-trans-comments\/\" title=\"Carlos Santana apologizes for making offensive comments about the transgender community.\">insensitive \u200dcomments<\/a>,&#8221; Santana\u200c stated. &#8220;They don&#8217;t reflect that I want to honor and respect \u200dall \u2062person\u2019s ideals and \u200bbeliefs. I realize that what I said hurt people\u200c and that was not \u2063my intent. I sincerely apologize to the \u200btransgender community and everyone I\u200b offended.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Controversial \u2062Comments Made\u200c at New Jersey Concert<\/h3>\n<p>The \u2063musician made these remarks during a July concert in New Jersey, which sparked criticism and backlash from the online community. Santana&#8217;s comments centered around the concept of \u2063gender identity and how he believes\u200b a person&#8217;s gender is determined.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;When God \u2063made you and me, \u200dbefore we came out \u2062of the womb, \u200cyou know who you \u200bare\u200d and what \u200cyou are. Later on, \u2064when you grow out of it, you\u200d see things, and you start believing that you \u2062could be something that sounds\u200d good, but you know it ain\u2019t right,&#8221;\u200d Santana said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because \u2064a woman\u2064 is\u200c a woman and a man is a man \u2014\u200d that\u2019s it. Whatever you want to do in \u200cthe closet, \u200cthat\u2019s your business. \u2063I\u2019m OK with that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These remarks were met\u2064 with\u2063 strong\u200d criticism, particularly from liberals online, who labeled \u200bthem as &#8220;transphobic.&#8221; Many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/homeless-woman-sleeping-in-california-park-killed-after-being-run-over-by-landscaper\/\" title=\"Landscaper accidentally kills homeless woman sleeping in California park.\">expressed\u2064 disappointment<\/a> in \u200bSantana&#8217;s views and questioned his status as a legendary artist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such a legendary artist having to spread this hate for what,&#8221; \u200bone person responded to footage of \u2064Santana&#8217;s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s over &#8230; well he actually\u2062 never started,&#8221; another user posted.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about this\u2064 story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>was hurtful and dismissive. I am committed to learning and growing from this experience, and I will strive to be more inclusive and understanding in the future. My intention is to spread love and unity through my music, and I apologize for any harm caused by my words.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2011993,"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":[],"class_list":["post-2011992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2011992","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=2011992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2011993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2011992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2011992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}