Megyn Kelly Slammed After Griping About 'Black National Anthem'
Megyn Kelly was slammed on social media Sunday after she griped about the “Black National Anthem” being played before the Super Bowl.
Kelly, who was fired from NBC in 2018 after defending blackface, had problems with Andra Day performing “Lift Every Voice And Sing” before the game began.
“The so-called Black National Anthem does not belong at the Super Bowl,” she wrote on X. “We already have a National Anthem and it includes EVERYONE.”
The so-called Black National Anthem does not belong at the Super Bowl. We already have a National Anthem and it includes EVERYONE.
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) February 11, 2024
The NFL started featuring the song in 2020 in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder by Minnesota policeman Derek Chauvin.
The song was written in 1900 and performed for the first time at a celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. It has been called the “Black national anthem” since 1919, 12 years before “The Star-Spangled Banner” was officially chosen as the national anthem.
Kelly’s post was just another example of her long history of racial insensitivity, and people on social media ― including many of her fellow journalists ― called her out for the post.
GET OVER IT @megynkelly. Next year, let’s have a Black man in a Santa Claus outfit. I’m sure your head will explode. https://t.co/cPzxbdhV1O
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) February 12, 2024
Sigh…
Every year Black Folks have to explain this to the “l don’t see color people”.
🗣Stop getting mad and accusing folks of being “woke” because you’re too lazy to use Google or your parents neglected to tell you the facts. https://t.co/H9hbshgvnvpic.twitter.com/xb5wMVqKT3— Miss Aja (@brat2381) February 12, 2024
How to declare your racism in a tweet: https://t.co/bweWlybsXh
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) February 12, 2024
Jesus, make her stop.
Learn something. Educate yourself. Stop bitching at everyone and everything all the damn time. There is ONE national anthem. Who is disagreeing? It's #BlackHistoryMonth Megyn--so they are honoring black history, which is American history!!#NationalAnthemhttps://t.co/gkL0ES27d1— Sophia A. Nelson (@IAmSophiaNelson) February 11, 2024
The so-called Blonde Journalist does not belong judging who and how we celebrate being Americans at the Super Bowl. Stick to lame political takes thanks https://t.co/0T3vPTWtlP
— Lisa Guerrero 💃🏽 (@4lisaguerrero) February 12, 2024
https://t.co/Cem0AFIGn6pic.twitter.com/K1WX1Z2ejA
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) February 12, 2024
Her performative white nationalism is a strategic career move after she tried once for 10 minutes to straddle that fence and it didn’t result in instant success for her. https://t.co/YQUDVOnWx5
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 12, 2024
the so-called television host Megyn Kelly does not belong on tv. And she’s not anymore 🤭 https://t.co/fnqi2w9uWI
— CLUB JAY JAY (@JayJurden) February 12, 2024
Lift Every Voice and Sing is an objectively better song than the Star Spangled Banner because it speaks not about killing people on the battlefield for a flag, but instead about the need to complete the unfinished promise of our country
It’s also just 10 times better, musically! https://t.co/72I45sz5Tm— Arlen Parsa (@arlenparsa) February 12, 2024
Conservatives bitching about a song celebrating a Republican president is hilarious. 😂 https://t.co/8q6Vw64mM3
— Adrian Norman (@AdrianNormanDC) February 12, 2024
It most certainly does not! Francis Scott Key was a racist and antagonized abolitionists.
You should probably freshen up on the other verses of the song… 😬 https://t.co/q1Xj3LqkaMpic.twitter.com/hOFrvjWFrP— Dooley__Noted (@_DooleyNoted_) February 12, 2024
You can hear the song that got Kelly all worked up below.
