As they’ve carried out for the previous a number of Tremendous Bowl broadcasts, the NFL opened the Tremendous Bowl with a efficiency of the tune Elevate Each Voice and Sing, the so-called “black nationwide anthem.” However not each voice appreciated the left-wing gesture.
The tune was carried out by R&B singer, Grammy Award winner, and actress Andra Day:
.@AndraDayMusic performs Elevate Each Voice and Sing earlier than #SBLVIII! pic.twitter.com/gNRZ9XyibV
— NFL (@NFL) February 11, 2024
The response was quick and lots of weren’t enthused.
The so-called Black Nationwide Anthem doesn’t belong on the Tremendous Bowl. We have already got a Nationwide Anthem and it contains EVERYONE.
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) February 11, 2024
The Black Nationwide Anthem is a divisive tune meant to drive a wedge between the races.
Disgrace on the NFL for selling it.
We’re one nation with one Nationwide Anthem.
It’s The Star-Spangled Banner.
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) February 11, 2024
Earlier than tonight’s Tremendous Bowl, as a younger black man and proud American, let me make myself clear:
There’s solely ONE nationwide anthem.
As there’s solely ONE United States of America.
And it’s for EVERYONE – white, black, yellow, and even maroon.
The Left’s agenda of division… pic.twitter.com/uIYzYb3dua
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) February 11, 2024
The healthiest factor that would presumably occur throughout the black nationwide anthem can be for the stadium to fill with loud boos on the try and divide America.
— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) February 11, 2024
No such factor as a “Black Nationwide Anthem”
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— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) February 11, 2024
There isn’t a such factor as a ‘Black nationwide anthem.’
In the event you assume there’s, then you might be inherently anti-American.
Marxists know do one factor completely, and that’s divide.
The NFL ought to exit of enterprise for permitting this stunt to go ahead.
However how else are the… pic.twitter.com/Gfyo1s9xqN
— Proper Angle Information Community (@Rightanglenews) February 11, 2024
There’s no such factor as a “black nationwide anthem.”
We’re all AMERICANS, united by our nice and exquisite Star Spangled Banner.
The Tremendous Bowl is meant to convey us collectively.
It’s a shame that the NFL determined to push the politics of racial division once more.
— Rep. Mike Loychik (@MikeLoychik) February 11, 2024
A Black Nationwide Anthem is among the most poisonous and racist issues on the market.
In the US of America we solely have one anthem and it’s for everybody.
— Steven 🇺🇸 (@SirStevenKJ) February 11, 2024
Black Nationwide Anthem is terrible, segregationist and absurd
There’s solely ONE Nationwide Anthem and we’re ALL People 🇺🇸
— It is 🇺🇸 Tiff 🇺🇸 (@TiffMoodNukes) February 11, 2024
Spouse: In the present day is the Tremendous Bowl!
Me: We aren’t watching.
Spouse: Why?
Me: They’re desecrating America’s Nationwide Anthem by enjoying one thing referred to as the “Black Nationwide Anthem.”
Spouse: Does that imply Cardi is performing?
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) February 11, 2024
Disgraceful, divisive, racist rubbish.
— Jenny (@Jenny_IDLYITW) February 11, 2024
One commenter, although had a singular perspective on the tune.
I do not thoughts the ”black nationwide anthem” as a result of it is actually only a spiritual tune and hilariously at odds with each the civic and religious beliefs of the leftists making an attempt to applicable it for his or her functions.
— Styxhexenhammer666 (@Styx666Official) February 11, 2024
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