{"id":2026297,"date":"2023-09-08T19:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T23:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-torches-nfl-after-backlash-from-national-anthem-decision-at-kickoff\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T19:15:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T23:15:03","slug":"kari-lake-torches-nfl-after-backlash-from-national-anthem-decision-at-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-torches-nfl-after-backlash-from-national-anthem-decision-at-kickoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Kari Lake slams NFL over anthem decision at kickoff, sparks backlash."},"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%2Fkari-lake-torches-nfl-after-backlash-from-national-anthem-decision-at-kickoff%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=2026297&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>Former Gubernatorial Contender Criticizes NFL&#8217;s National Anthem Decision<\/h2>\n<p>In a bold statement, former gubernatorial contender Kari Lake expressed her disapproval\u2063 of the NFL&#8217;s decision to feature a rendition\u2063 of the \u2062&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guilty-on-all-charges-the-sports-world-reacts-to-the-derek-chauvin-verdict\/\" title=\"Guilty On All Charges: The Sports World Reacts To The Derek Chauvin Verdict\">black <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\">national anthem<\/a><\/a>&#8221; before the opening game of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy arose when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-torches-nfl-after-backlash-from-national-anthem-decision-at-kickoff\/\" title=\"Kari Lake slams NFL over anthem decision at kickoff, sparks backlash.\">local youth choir performed<\/a> &#8220;Lift Every Voice\u200c and Sing&#8221; before kickoff in Kansas City, eliciting boos from the\u2064 crowd. \u200cChristian singer Natalie Grant then sang &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lake took to X, the platform\u200b formerly known as\u200b Twitter, to voice\u200b her opposition. &#8220;I hear the NFL is still trying \u2064to force this divisive nonsense down America&#8217;s throats. I won&#8217;t stand for it. \u2064Literally,&#8221; \u200dshe posted. &#8220;America has only ONE \u200cNational Anthem and that Anthem is color blind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Accompanying her \u200dpost was a picture showing her seated during a performance of \u2064&#8221;Lift Every Voice\u200d and Sing&#8221; \u2064before Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, \u2064Arizona, earlier\u200c this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I hear the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?\">@NFL<\/a> is still trying to force this divisive nonsense down America&#8217;s throats.<\/p>\n<p>I \u2064won&#8217;t stand for it. Literally.<\/p>\n<p>America\u200d has only ONE National Anthem and that Anthem 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?\">September 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lake explained her stance to Newsweek,\u200d stating, &#8220;I&#8217;m against a &#8216;black National Anthem&#8217; for\u2063 the same reason I am against\u2063 a &#8216;white National Anthem,&#8217; a &#8216;gay National \u200cAnthem,&#8217; a &#8216;straight\u2064 National Anthem,&#8217; a &#8216;Jewish National Anthem,&#8217; \u200ba\u2062 &#8216;Christian National Anthem,&#8217; and\u200c so on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are ONE NATION, under \u2064God, Francis Scott Key&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-brush-up-on-the-dojs-long-history-of-abetting-prosecutorial-misconduct\/\" title=\"DOJ's History: Assisting Prosecutorial Misconduct\">words ring true<\/a> for every single American \u200dCitizen regardless of their skin color,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL introduced \u200cthe playing of &#8220;Lift Every\u2063 Voice and Sing&#8221; \u2062at the start of the \u200c2020 season,\u2062 and\u2063 it has been featured in pregame ceremonies before the last three Super Bowls.<\/p>\n<p>While\u200d Lake&#8217;s \u200brefusal to stand for the &#8220;black national anthem&#8221; drew \u200csome\u2063 criticism at \u2062the time, black conservatives rallied \u200dbehind her.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kari Lake\u200b was not\u200c amused by the &#8220;black national anthem.&#8221; \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Ri6RUDy09\">pic.twitter.com\/5Ri6RUDy09<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACTBrigitte\/status\/1624926245040410625?\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Former California gubernatorial candidate \u200cLarry Elder and Utah \u2063Rep. \u200bBurgess Owens, a former NFL player, also voiced their support\u2064 for Lake and criticized the concept of a\u200d separate anthem based\u200c on skin color, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I agree \u200bwith Kari\u200d Lake. We have one national\u2064 anthem, and \u2063it&#8217;s THE national \u200banthem,&#8221; Elder said in a \u2063statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am as opposed to playing both anthems as I am to the term &#8216;African \u2014 [American]&#8217; \u200band to Black History Month. These things are \u2063divisive. They\u200c imply \u2064blacks 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\u2063 more insignificant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Blacks \u200bfought and died in every American war, including the \u2064Revolutionary War,\u200b in which a black\u2063 man was the first casualty. \u2063We ARE American history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Burgess agreed, saying the NFL was &#8220;working\u2064 very hard&#8221; to divide Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I \u200bwill not stand for any other national anthem but our \u200bNational Anthem, so I&#8217;m with Kari Lake,&#8221; Burgess said. &#8220;I will not be \u2062part of dividing our country between \u2063Blacks and\u200b Whites. I \u2064will not do that. I \u2064will not be part of it. The NFL has ashamed themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bpost <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kari-lake-torches-nfl-backlash-national-anthem-decision-kickoff\/\">Kari Lake Torches NFL After Backlash from National Anthem Decision at \u2063Kickoff<\/a> appeared first \u200bon <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u2063 Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake slammed the NFL for including the &#8220;black national anthem&#8221; in the season&#8217;s opening game. A local youth choir performed &#8220;Lift Every Voice and Sing&#8221; before kickoff in Kansas City, prompting boos from the crowd. Christian artist Natalie Grant also expressed her disapproval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2358,"featured_media":2026298,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2026297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/2026297","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\/2358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}