Opinion
Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly spoke out to blast the black national anthem after it was performed by Andra Day before the Super Bowl last night.
Kelly tears up the black national anthem
Day took the field before the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers to perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, which was designated the black national anthem by the NAACP in 1919. This did not please Kelly much, but he he is quick to point out that America has only one national anthem.
“The so-called black national anthem does not belong in the Super Bowl. We already have a national anthem and it includes EVERYONE,” Kelly wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
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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 offense against black people, we’re one country,” he said Kelly in 2021, according to Yahoo News. “We don’t need separate anthems.”
“It’s an opportunity to come together,” he added. “Celebrate America… and then play a sports game. And not to shove politics or controversial 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 it was performed at the Super Bowl by Sheryl Lee Ralph.
“And then, of course, we had to have the black national anthem in addition to the regular national anthem, which is totally divisive,” Kelly said at the time. “There is no reason to have a black national anthem sung before the Super Bowl.”
“But there is a national anthem. It unites us all. It’s about love for country,” she added. “It makes no sense to divide us by race, going towards something that is already unifying as a country.”
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Others agree with Kelly
Kelly was just one of many people angered by the black national anthem being played this year.
“Wife: Today is the Super Bowl! Me: We’re not looking. Wife: Why? Me: They’re desecrating the American national anthem by playing something called the “black national anthem.” Wife: Does this mean Cardi will perform? Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) wrote about X.
Others also got in on the action, according to the Daily Mail.
“There is no ‘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 ‘black national anthem,’” another user added. “End.”
There is only one national anthem and “Lift Every Voice And Sing” is not it. Ultimately, the playing of the Black National Anthem at the Super Bowl does nothing but divide us at a time when that is the last thing we need as a nation.
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