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Former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly has spoken out by blasting the black national anthem after Andra Day sang it before the Super Bowl last night.
Kelly rips the black national anthem
Day took to the field before the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers to perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which had been designated a black national anthem by the NAACP in 1919. This did not sit well with Kelly. But who was quick to point out that America only has one national anthem.
“The so-called black national anthem does not belong in the Super Bowl. We already have the national anthem and it includes everyone.”
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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.”
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Others agree with Kelly
Kelly was just one of many people upset by the black national anthem played this year.
“Wife: Today is the Super Bowl! Me: We're not watching. Wife: Why? Me: They're desecrating the American national anthem by playing the so-called 'Black National Anthem.'” Wife: Does this mean Cardi is performing? Rep. Matt Gaetz wrote ( (Republican from Florida) in X.
Others participated in the event as well, according to the Daily Mail.
“There is no such thing as a black national anthem,” one social media user commented. “If you have a problem with the American national anthem, feel free to leave.”
“There is no such thing as a black national anthem,” another user added. “the end.”
There is only one national anthem, but “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is not it. Ultimately, a black performance of the national anthem at the Super Bowl only serves to divide us at a time when that is the last thing we need as a nation.
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