{"id":2026024,"date":"2023-09-08T15:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-critical-of-nfl-over-black-national-anthem-being-played-before-chiefs-lions-game\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:32:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:32:38","slug":"kari-lake-critical-of-nfl-over-black-national-anthem-being-played-before-chiefs-lions-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-critical-of-nfl-over-black-national-anthem-being-played-before-chiefs-lions-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Kari Lake slams NFL for playing Black National Anthem before Chiefs-Lions game."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fkari-lake-critical-of-nfl-over-black-national-anthem-being-played-before-chiefs-lions-game%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=2026024&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 class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake speaks to supporters during her election night event at The Scottsdale\u2064 Resort at McCormick Ranch on November 08, 2022 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo \u2064by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James Meyers<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>12:24 AM \u2013 Friday, September 8, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>Former Republican \u2063gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake was\u2063 critical of the National Football League (NFL) on \u200cThursday, as the Detroit Lions faced the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2023 season opener.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the game\u2064 starting, \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-critical-of-nfl-over-black-national-anthem-being-played-before-chiefs-lions-game\/\" title=\"Kari Lake slams NFL for playing Black National Anthem before Chiefs-Lions game.\">local youth choir group performed<\/a> a \u200crendition of\u2062 \u201cLift\u200c Every Voice and Sing,\u201d which \u200cis known as the Black national anthem. It was \u200bperformed before\u200c \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d\u2064 much to Lake\u2019s displeasure. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I hear the \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFL<\/a> is still trying to force this divisive nonsense down America&#8217;s throats.<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t stand \u200cfor\u2064 it. Literally.<\/p>\n<p>America has only ONE National Anthem and that \u2063Anthem is color\u200b blind. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fFSHcp7sP1\">https:\/\/t.co\/fFSHcp7sP1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kari Lake (@KariLake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake\/status\/1699950833188970799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI hear the @NFL is still trying to force this divisive nonsense down \u2062America\u2019s throats. I won\u2019t stand for it. Literally,\u201d she wrote on X, the company formerly known\u2063 as Twitter. \u2062\u201cAmerica has only ONE National \u2063Anthem and\u2063 that Anthem is\u200c color blind.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Newsweek, when reached for a comment, a representative \u200bfor Lake provided a\u200c statement from\u2064 the former gubernatorial candidate. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m against a \u2018Black national anthem\u2019 for the same reason I\u200c am against a\u200d \u2018white national anthem,\u2019 a \u2018gay national anthem,\u2019\u200c a \u2018straight national anthem,\u2019 a \u2018Jewish national anthem,\u2019 a \u2018Christian national Anthem,\u2019 and so on,\u201d Lake told Newsweek \u200bin the written statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLift Every Voice and Sing\u201d was performed before Super Bowl LVI and\u200c the \u2064draft in April 2021. The NFL started performing the Black national anthem during the 2020 season in response \u200dto the death of George Floyd. <\/p>\n<p>The \u2064Black national \u200banthem \u201cLift Every Voice \u2063and Sing\u201d was promoted by\u200c the NAACP, starting\u200d in 1917. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news\u200c blasts directly \u200dto your inbox\u2064 for free. 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Former GOP candidate Lake expresses her disapproval of the NFL, as reported by OAN&#8217;s James Meyers. 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