{"id":2620976,"date":"2026-06-29T13:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-brussels-event-kash-patels-girlfriend-sings-national-anthem-twice\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T13:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:30:35","slug":"at-brussels-event-kash-patels-girlfriend-sings-national-anthem-twice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-brussels-event-kash-patels-girlfriend-sings-national-anthem-twice\/","title":{"rendered":"At Brussels event, Kash Patel\u2019s girlfriend sings national anthem twice"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fat-brussels-event-kash-patels-girlfriend-sings-national-anthem-twice%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=2620976&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--><p>Country singer Alexis Wilkins experienced technical difficulties during her performance of \u201cThe Star-spangled Banner\u201d at a Brussels Freedom 250 event, with her microphone cutting out briefly, forcing her to restart the national anthem. Despite the glitch, she continued singing in front of an audience. Wilkins, who is dating FBI Director Kash Patel, performed at the event prior to the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-250th-birthday-will-be-a-commemoration-not-celebration-in-virginia-because-leftists-dont-think-its-worth-celebrating\/\" title=\"America\u2019s 250th Birthday Will Be A \u2018Commemoration,\u2019 Not \u2018Celebration\u2019 In Virginia Because Leftists Don\u2019t Think It\u2019s Worth Celebrating\">250th birthday<\/a> celebration<\/a> at the embassy. She also performed at the Freedom 250 opening ceremony in Washington, D.C., after other headliners withdrew, reportedly due to misleading event information.Wilkins addressed social media critics and allegations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watchdog-requests-investigation-into-dem-rep-kurt-schrader-for-violating-ethics-rules\/\" title=\"Watchdog Requests Investigation into Dem. Rep. Kurt Schrader for Violating Ethics Rules\">ethics violations related<\/a> to her performance, asserting she will not accept false narratives. The Brussels event was unique in Europe, involving all three U.S. embassies in the city.Simultaneously occurring,singer Martina McBride withdrew from performing at the event,citing misleading information about its nature. Wilkins publicly expressed pride in participating in the celebration of the nation\u2019s milestone.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Country singer Alexis Wilkins\u2019 rendition of \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d hit an unexpected snag when audio issues disrupted her performance at a Brussels Freedom 250 event. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilkins, who is dating FBI Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11691\">Kash Patel<\/a>, took the stage Sunday to perform the national anthem at the U.S. Embassy\u2019s Independence Day celebration in Brussels ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"20120\">United States\u2019 250th birthday<\/a>. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4628338\/american-pride-patriotism-record-low-semiquincentennial\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pride in being American reaches new low ahead of 250th anniversary<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4628242\/sen-chris-coons-hospitalized-after-car-crash-in-delaware\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Chris Coons hospitalized after car crash in Delaware<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4612444\/july-2026-social-security-direct-payment-three-days\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>July Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in three days<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her performance was briefly derailed when a technical glitch cut out her microphone, forcing her to restart the national anthem. Footage recorded by <em>Politico<\/em> reporter Gerardo Fortuna showed Wilkins continuing her performance as thousands of spectators looked on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilkins also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4621677\/kash-patel-girlfriend-perform-freedom-250-fair\/\">performed<\/a> at the Freedom 250 opening ceremony on the National Mall in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc-2\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"13110\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, last week after country singer Martina McBride and other <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4586672\/performers-drop-out-great-american-state-fair-america-250-celebration\/\">headliners for the Great American State Fair<\/a> withdrew from the lineup.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Little (well, actually huge) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-you-should-be-adding-deficit-deadlifts-to-your-workout\/\" title=\"Why You Should Be Adding Deficit Deadlifts to Your Workout\">technical hitch<\/a> with the microphone of Alexis Wilkins not working on The Star-Spangled Banner. Someone behind me: &#8220;Maybe that&#8217;s the karaoke version\u2026&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gpq6rE1jx6\">pic.twitter.com\/Gpq6rE1jx6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gerardo Fortuna (@gerardofortuna) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gerardofortuna\/status\/2071311661097468290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McBride withdrew her performance, saying she was misled about the nature of the event. \u201cI was presented with an opportunity to perform at a nonpartisan event but that turned out to be misleading,\u201d McBride <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/martinamcbride\/status\/2060150008045822053?s=46\">said<\/a> in a post on X.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after, Wilkins announced the news of her performance on X, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexisWilkins\/status\/2069506122776481917\">saying<\/a>, \u201cWhat a great honor to be a part of the 250th birthday of this great nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(77, 178, 236, 0.2);\"><b><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4628488\/pennsylvania-join-great-american-state-fair-josh-shapiro-boycott\/\">PENNSYLVANIA JOINING GREAT AMERICAN STATE FAIR AFTER BIPARTISAN EFFORT QUESTIONS JOSH SHAPIRO\u2019S REASONS FOR SKIPPING<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilkins has not publicly responded to her recent microphone glitch in Brussels. However, she did push back against social media critics and allegations of ethics violations related to her performance at the Freedom 250 event. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m no longer accepting false narratives and total sham accusations that diminish my hard work and earned accomplishments, so please expect this kind of response to continue,\u201d she said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexisWilkins\/status\/2069547519013523707\">post<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Brussels event was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/europeancorrespondent.com\/en\/r\/the-us-ambassador-had-belgian-police-stop-our-reporting\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/europeancorrespondent.com\/en\/r\/the-us-ambassador-had-belgian-police-stop-our-reporting\">the only one of its kind held in Europe<\/a>, with the three U.S. embassies in Brussels coming together to host the show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilkins&#8217; anthem interrupted by audio issues in Brussels<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":2620978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26180431788573-e1782744321489.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[81905,44864,33763],"class_list":["post-2620976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-brussels-event","tag-kash-patel","tag-national-anthem"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26180431788573-e1782744321489.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620976","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\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620976"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2620981,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620976\/revisions\/2620981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2620978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}