{"id":577894,"date":"2021-06-30T17:36:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T21:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=577894"},"modified":"2021-06-30T17:36:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T21:36:19","slug":"olympian-gwen-berry-takes-heat-for-anthem-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympian-gwen-berry-takes-heat-for-anthem-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympian Gwen Berry takes heat for anthem protest"},"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\">16<\/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%2Folympian-gwen-berry-takes-heat-for-anthem-protest%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=577894&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 id=\"attachment_2441888\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2441888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gwendolyn Berry (L), third place, turns away from U.S. flag during the U.S. National Anthem as DeAnna Price (C), first place, and Brooke Andersen, second place, also stand on the podium after the Women\u2019s Hammer Throw final on day nine of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track &amp; Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 26, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Patrick Smith\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:23 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, June 30, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Olympian Gwen Berry is facing backlash for protesting the American flag after placing third at the hammer throw tryouts. Since Saturday\u2019s trials, she has done her rounds on the media to explain why she thinks the flag she is representing on a global stage never actually represented her at all.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to BNC News, Berry implied she was set up by the instruction the athletes were given regarding the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner. Berry suggested the athletes were not advised they would be required to stand on the podium while the National Anthem was being played.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why she was uncomfortable standing for the National Anthem, she claimed if people knew history they would also be opposed to the song.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory. If you know your history, you know the full song of the National Anthem. The third paragraph speaks to slaves and America,\u201d said Berry. \u201cOur blood being slain\u2026all over the floor. It\u2019s disrespectful and it does not speak for Black Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Representing the U.S. for nearly a century, the snubbing of the anthem is particularly jarring to many Americans, especially by someone who is supposed to represent the U.S. on a global stage. This has led to many calling for Berry to be booted from the team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stop playing with me <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WLN3clqOCM\">pic.twitter.com\/WLN3clqOCM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gwen Berry OLY (@MzBerryThrows) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MzBerryThrows\/status\/1409213201967849480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even The View\u2019s Meghan McCain claimed Berry was helping push foreign propaganda and putting national security at risk. \u201cThe problem I have is this woman is doing this internationally and if anyone saw Vladimir Putin\u2019s recent speech\u2026we\u2019re having our enemies and propaganda dictators using our own propaganda against us which in turn turns into a real national security risk,\u201d said McCain.<\/p>\n<p>McCain closed out with a fiery defense of America and why athletes shouldn\u2019t trash their country globally. \u201cIt is not appropriate or patriotic to go to a foreign country where you\u2019re supposed to be representing America and act like it\u2019s just about you,\u201d stressed McCain. \u201cIt\u2019s not about you, it\u2019s about all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the focus on third place Berry has taken away from discussions surrounding first place winner Deanna Price, who shattered an American record. She is only the second woman in the world to have ever thrown past 80 meters.<\/p>\n<p>This throw secured her a spot on the Olympic team. Price is hoping to break the world record at the games in Tokyo. She needs to add just 2.6 meters to her current personal best in order to claim that record.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/democrats-seek-to-change-election-rules-ahead-of-recall\/\">Democrats Seek To Change Election Rules Ahead Of Recall<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gwendolyn Berry (L), third place, turns away from U.S. flag during the U.S. National Anthem as DeAnna Price (C), first place, and Brooke Andersen, second place, also stand on the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-577894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577894","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}