Arizona Gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake ripped the National Football League Thursday night after the organization hosted a performance of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’, also known as the ‘Black National Anthem’, before a contest between the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs.
I hear the @NFL is still trying to force this divisive nonsense down America's throats.
I won't stand for it. Literally.
America has only ONE National Anthem and that Anthem is color blind. https://t.co/fFSHcp7sP1
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) September 8, 2023
“I hear the @NFL is still trying to force this divisive nonsense down America’s throats. I won’t stand for it. Literally,” she posted on X, the platform previously known as Twitter.
“America has only ONE National Anthem and that Anthem is color blind.”
The league started playing the song in 2020 in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.