After the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the Associated Press wasted no time and was quick to politicize the story surrounding Francis Scott Key, the writer of the national anthem.
Never let a crisis go to waste, right? It’s almost like they’re bracing themselves for the suggestion of renaming it for someone else.
This is what the media does now. Look:
Who was Francis Scott Key, whose namesake bridge fell? His poem became “The Star-Spangled Banner” https://t.co/Y5tMA75Dob
— Associated Press (@AP) March 26, 2024
From the story:
Although the first verse of the hymn is the best known, there are a total of four verses; in the third reference is made to a slave. Key, whose family owned people and himself owned enslaved people, supported the idea of sending free blacks to Africa but opposed the abolition of slavery in the United States, according to the National Park’s Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Sanctuary Service.
His personal history has made him a controversial figure in some circles; in June 2020, a statue of him in San Francisco was torn down.
It’s all so predictable, isn’t it?
It only took 12 hours for the “bridge was racist” articles.
— Brit (@pashedmotatos) March 26, 2024
We’re already getting ready to rename the bridge, right?
— GumSlinger (@GumSlinger) March 26, 2024
The Apparatchiks are already planning to rename it “The George Floyd Memorial Bridge”
— The truest realist (@ProGunMemes) March 26, 2024
Do your followers really not know who Francis Scott Key is? If so, is it because you taught them that “The Star-Spangled Banner” is racist?
— Matt Elliott (@MonarchosMatt) March 26, 2024
When did the media turn into a bunch of berated social justice activists?