{"id":2028648,"date":"2023-09-11T21:20:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T01:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-and-sage-steele-team-up-to-bury-us-open-for-ditching-star-spangled-banner-for-black-national-anthem\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T21:22:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T01:22:12","slug":"megyn-kelly-and-sage-steele-team-up-to-bury-us-open-for-ditching-star-spangled-banner-for-black-national-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-and-sage-steele-team-up-to-bury-us-open-for-ditching-star-spangled-banner-for-black-national-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly and Sage Steele unite against US Open for replacing &#8216;Star-Spangled Banner&#8217; with Black National Anthem."},"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\">34<\/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%2Fmegyn-kelly-and-sage-steele-team-up-to-bury-us-open-for-ditching-star-spangled-banner-for-black-national-anthem%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=2028648&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>Sports and Music: Dividing \u2064Instead of Uniting<\/h2>\n<p>Sports has always been a unifying force in the United States, but now the woke agenda is infiltrating even this realm. The most recent example \u200bis the \u2064absence of the \u200bnational anthem at the men&#8217;s U.S. Open final in New York. Instead, a combination \u200bof &#8220;America\u2064 the\u2062 Beautiful&#8221; and &#8220;Lift Every Voice\u2062 and Sing&#8221; (often referred\u200d to as the &#8220;<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 national anthem<\/a>&#8220;) was performed by American \u200boperatic baritone Will Liverman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>This blatant disregard for tradition and patriotism is a constant reminder of the left&#8217;s hostility towards \u2062anything that represents unity. It&#8217;s no wonder that Megyn Kelly and Sage \u2064Steele expressed\u200b their disgust \u200bwith the U.S. Open&#8217;s decision to exclude\u200b &#8220;The\u200b Star-Spangled Banner.&#8221; I stand with\u200c them.<\/p>\n<p>This is just one example of many attempts to divide our nation along ideological lines. As\u200d Kelly stated, &#8220;Can we just have \u2062a non-woke,\u2063 non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-and-sage-steele-team-up-to-bury-us-open-for-ditching-star-spangled-banner-for-black-national-anthem\/\" title=\"Megyn Kelly and Sage Steele unite against US Open for replacing 'Star-Spangled Banner' with Black National Anthem.\">-agenda pushing men&#8217;<\/a>s tennis championship?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No national anthem\u200c at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USOpen?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USOpen<\/a> \u2013 just a \u2064mixture of America the \u2063Beautiful &#038; Lift Every Voice &#038; Sing. This, as everywhere \u2063we are \u200dbarraged with \u201c50 years of equal pay!\u201d reminders and \u200cModerna signs.\u2064 Can we just have a non-woke, \u200dnon-agenda pushing men\u2019s tennis championship?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megynkelly\/status\/1700964425102950844?\">September 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sage Steele, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-third-annual-liberal-hack-tournament-is-here\/\" title=\"The Third Annual \u201cLiberal Hack Tournament\u201d Is Here\">recently parted ways<\/a> with ESPN, shared\u2064 a similar perspective, stating, &#8220;Ahhh&#8230; the irony of refusing to \u2064allow \u200cour national anthem&#8230; at the *US* Open. I remain \u2062hopeful that \u2062we can get back to truly\u200c appreciating the greatness of \u2063America, but man&#8230; this is sad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ahhh&#8230;\u2062 the irony of refusing to allow our national anthem&#8230; at the *US* Open.<br \/>\nI remain hopeful that we can get\u2064 back \u2062to truly appreciating \u200cthe \u200cgreatness \u200cof America, but man&#8230; this is sad. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NboLB2zHEL\">https:\/\/t.co\/NboLB2zHEL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sage Steele\u200b (@sagesteele) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sagesteele\/status\/1701025403974889574?\">September 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is truly disheartening to see\u2063 how far we \u200dhave \u200cstrayed from the progress\u2062 in cultural relations that Martin\u200c Luther King Jr. fought\u200b for. Now, even sports is being used as a platform \u2064to highlight\u200c the &#8220;national\u200d divide&#8221; rather than our shared values of unity\u2064 and justice for all.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s not forget that the national \u200canthem \u200drepresents all Americans,\u2063 regardless of race. It&#8217;s \u2063a \u200cshame that this even\u200c needs to be said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should the \u2063national anthem have been played at the U.S. Open\u200b on Sunday?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this\u2062 poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates\u2063 free of \u200ccharge. 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Unfortunately, sports and \u200cmusic have become tools for the left to further divide us. Our beloved pastimes,\u200b which have \u200balways brought \u2064people together, are now being used\u2064 to tear us apart and broadcast it to the world.<\/p>\n<p>As we struggle internally, we are\u200b seen as vulnerable\u200d targets by our adversaries.\u2063 This is \u200dnot a good \u200blook and invites challenges to our global standing. The national anthem serves as a reminder to all\u200d citizens that we are a great\u2062 nation \u200bto \u200cbe proud \u2063of.<\/p>\n<p>The lackluster rendition before the U.S. \u2062Open men&#8217;s\u200c final reflects the sad state of \u200daffairs \u2063we find ourselves in. It&#8217;s a state we\u200b must leave\u2062 behind in the upcoming \u20622024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/megyn-kelly-sage-steele-team-bury-us-open-ditching-star-spangled-banner-black-national-anthem\/\">Megyn Kelly and\u200d Sage Steele Team Up\u200c to Bury US Open for Ditching\u200d &#8216;Star-Spangled Banner&#8217; for Black \u2063National Anthem<\/a> appeared \u200cfirst on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beautiful&#8221; and &#8220;Lift Every Voice and Sing.&#8221; This shift in sports reflects the divisive woke agenda, eroding the unity that sports once provided. 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