Fox News host Sean Hannity pitched a hissy fit on Twitter after reading reports that the National Football League (NFL) will begin playing the Black National Anthem along with the U.S. National Anthem prior to games this season.
According to Newsweek:
“The conservative television host was referring to a report by Front Office Sports that ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’—written as a poem by former NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson but now sometimes dubbed the Black national anthem—would be played at games over the coming season.
“The NFL introduced the song to games as the Black Lives Matter protests erupted across the country.”
However, judging by Hannity’s tweet, you’d think the NFL had instituted mandatory playing of “The Internationale.”
DEMS DESTROY FUN: Why do the Dems have to inject politics into sports? The NFL is playing the “Black national anthem” & the Olympic committee is redesigning its flag logo. We already have a flag & an anthem! @TheLeoTerrell & @JudgeJeanine respond TONIGHT on “Hannity.”
— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 16, 2021
But others were quick to remind Hannity that playing a second anthem won’t “destroy” anything and he’s being a pathetic right-wing snowflake:
How is playing the Black National Anthem taking the fun out of football?
Are people going to say, “That would have been a great game if they didn’t play the Black national anthem?
— Mr Mojo Risin🦎 (@MrMojoRisin510) July 16, 2021
It blows my mind that conservatives are still bitching about the NFL but at the same time can’t wait until the season starts…🤷♂️
— TheOtherOne (@Interloper_X) July 16, 2021
Who cares. They aren’t replacing the anthem with this one. They are just playing both. What is wrong with being inclusive?
— KarenluvstheColts (@Dallkaren) July 16, 2021
“Inject politics into sports”? Because they are including everyone in America? How is inclusion and representation political?
— Hoot (@NateHoot) July 16, 2021
They injected politics when they decided to play the anthem in the first place.
— David Michael Ramey (@NittanyBuckeye) July 16, 2021
So…you’re going with cancel culture. 🤣🤣🤣
— PANationalsFan (@PANationalsFan) July 16, 2021
How is the Black National Anthem political and the National Anthem not? Black Americans don’t feel included when the National Anthem is played so, the morally correct thing to do is come to an agreement on what would be an acceptable solution. Is that political or moral?
— 360°_Of_Perfected_Majin (@MajinForever420) July 16, 2021
