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Earlier this week, we reported that former Fox News host Megyn Kelly was accused of racism after she spoke out against the black national anthem performed at the Super Bowl last Sunday. Now, Kelly is being defended by ESPN host Stephen A. Smith, who happens to be black.
Smith defends Kelly
Before the Super Bowl last Sunday, Andra Day took to the field to perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which the NAACP named the black national anthem in 1919. Afterward, Kelly took to social media to say that this song “doesn’t “It belongs to the Super Bowl. We already have a national anthem that includes everyone.”
In the days that followed, liberals accused Kelly of being a “racist” for saying this, but Smith was having none of it.
“I don't know Megyn Kelly at all, okay? I don't find her statement racist,” Smith said in his eponymous speech earlier this week, according to the New York Post.
He continued: “I find her patriotic in her eyes.” “I find it, in her eyes, self-righteous. I find it a little disconnected from the reality that black Americans face everywhere. I get that part, but I can't go the way I wanted to talk about it when people there — from my community — are giving a speech.” “racist”.
“You don't know that about her,” Smith added. “I'm sick and tired of people out there — especially in the black community — who are quick to throw out the word 'racism.' When you throw out the word 'racism,' do me a favor: Get more evidence before you do so it can't be dismissed by denial.” Reasonable or anything else.
“Megyn Kelly, if you're watching, you're listening. I don't like what you said at all. I think it comes across as very insensitive,” he said, adding that he had “deep respect” for Kelly.
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Kelly is accused of racism
This came after Kelly was accused of racism for daring to criticize the black national anthem:
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This isn't the first time Kelly has challenged the left to speak out against the black national anthem.
“I don't think the average American — black or white — wants to hear the black national anthem before they hear the national anthem… and that's not an insult to people of color, we are one country,” Kelly said in 2021. According to Yahoo News. “We don't need separate anthems.”
“It's an opportunity to come together,” she added. “Celebrate America…then play a sports game. And not shove politics or divisive cultural issues down the throats of viewers looking for an escape.”
Kelly made similar comments last year, when she criticized the black national anthem after Sheryl Lee Ralph performed it at the Super Bowl.
“And then of course, we had to have a black national anthem in addition to the regular national anthem, which is quite divisive,” Kelly said at the time. “There is no reason to sing the black national anthem before the Super Bowl.”
“But there is one national anthem. It unites us all. It is about love of country,” she added. “There is no sense in dividing us on the basis of race, and going for something that actually unites us as a country.”
Leftists can call Kelly a “racist” all they want, but that won't change the fact that she's right in saying there's only one national anthem, and that's “The Star-Spangled Banner.” We applaud Smith for having the courage to stand up for Kelly against the cancel culture crowd, and hope more public figures will do the same when it comes to playing the Black National Anthem!
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