(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . In no surprise to anyone, conservatives lost their s**t over all the Blackness at the Super Bowl [1] ['Daily Kos Staff', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-13 “America only has ONE NATIONAL ANTHEM,” tweeted Boebert recklessly, using her caps button without reason. “Why is the NFL trying to divide us by playing multiple!? Do football, not wokeness.” x America only has ONE NATIONAL ANTHEM. Why is the NFL trying to divide us by playing multiple!? Do football, not wokeness. — Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) February 12, 2023 “Lift Every Voice and Sing” became the unofficial Black national anthem when it was adopted by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1917. It was written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900 and first performed as a song in Jacksonville, Florida, by 500 schoolchildren in honor of President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. The song became a rallying cry during the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s. Greene tweeted, “Chris Stapleton just sang the most beautiful national anthem at the Super Bowl. But we could have gone without the rest of the wokeness.” x Chris Stapleton just sang the most beautiful national anthem at the Super Bowl. But we could have gone without the rest of the wokeness. — Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) February 12, 2023 If only the congresswoman from Georgia knew that Stapleton has been vocal in his support of the allegedly “woke” ideal of Black Lives Mattering. "Do I think Black lives matter? Absolutely ... I don't know how you could think they don't," Stapleton said during an interview on CBS This Morning in 2020. “There's a very broad awakening that I guess has come about, and it's time for me to listen. And it's time for other folks to listen." Of course, Ralph took it all in stride, announcing on Twitter Sunday morning, “It is no coincidence that I will be singing the Black National Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing at the Super Bowl on the same date it was first publicly performed 123 years ago (February 12, 1900). Happy Black History Month!“ x It is no coincidence that I will be singing the Black National Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing at the Super Bowl on the same date it was first publicly performed 123 years ago (February 12, 1900). Happy Black History Month! @nfl @rocnation @SavageXFenty Tune in at 3pm/6pmEST. pic.twitter.com/1rPopQ9jtV — sheryl lee ralph (@thesherylralph) February 12, 2023 Lastly, President Donald Trump wasted no time criticizing another yet Black woman. That’s just his jam. This time, Trump decided to go after Rihanna, calling her performance the “worst in halftime show in Super Bowl history.” x trump is so mad that a beautiful, talented, intelligent woman of colour is richer and more successful in business than he is. #Rihanna #RihannaSuperBowl #SuperBowlLVII pic.twitter.com/H5XSvDbheg — Lindsey Graham's Fainting Couch 💙 🇨🇦✡️ (@veggieto) February 13, 2023 Trump’s obviously still salty after the Grammy-winning pop star spray painted “Fuck Donald Trump” at the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. x The Black National Anthem is now the new national anthem, apparently. pic.twitter.com/ZxSwRWrLa9 — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) February 12, 2023 And if all this didn’t piss off the white conservatives, American Sign Language interpreter Justina Miles, the first Black woman to perform at a Super Bowl, gave it all she had and more. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/13/2152674/-Greene-and-Boebert-accused-NFL-of-wokeness-because-of-Black-national-anthem-That-s-laughable Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/