Democratic congressman hits Super Bowl fans for not standing for 'Negro National Anthem'

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Democratic congressman hits Super Bowl fans for not standing for 'Negro National Anthem'
'Very very few stood for ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing... Not a pretty picture of Super Bowl crowd,' Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen wrote on X
By David Rutz Fox News
Published February 12, 2024 7:43am EST

A Democratic congressman raised some eyebrows online Sunday when he took a shot at the Super Bowl crowd in Las Vegas, saying very few fans stood for the singing of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," calling it "not a very pretty picture."

Known colloquially as the "Black National Anthem," Grammy winner Andra Day performed the song as part of the pre-game festivities for Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers.

"Very very few stood for ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’" Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn. wrote on X. "The Negro National Anthem. Not a pretty picture of Super Bowl crowd." Cohen represents a majority-Black district in western Tennessee.

https://twitter.com/RepCohen/status/1756819590011564392

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[Bigun]

PLEASE stop describing Democrats as democratic!

NOTHING could be further from the truth!

[Free Vulcan]

Yep, separatist, unwilling to unify, and demanding the other 90% of population prostrate themselves to you like a slave does indeed look pretty darn ugly.

[catfish1957]

"Very very few stood for ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’" Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn. wrote on X. "The Negro National Anthem. Not a pretty picture of Super Bowl crowd." Cohen represents a majority-Black district in western Tennessee.

Pandering POS.  dims are experts there.

[DefiantMassRINO]

I am not a citizen of Negro Nation.  It is not my nation nor my anthem.

[Wingnut]

There one anthem.  It ain't black and it ain't white.  Cut the racebaiting crap "Ira"  Please focus on that shithole you represent..... Memphis.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I am not a citizen of Negro Nation.  It is not my nation nor my anthem.

Dang straight.  It’s divisive and polarizing.

Why not have a white anthem?  Maybe some yellow and red also?  How many songs have to preface the games?

[SZonian]

Would you rather they kneel?
Because that's what I'd have done were I there.
Turnabout is fair play.

[libertybele]

They can kiss my royal 'White' grits! There is only one national anthem and that is the "Star Spangled Banner". That song brings tears to my eyes now a days and means more to me than it ever has before.

[Fishrrman]

RINO huffs:
"I am not a citizen of Negro Nation.  It is not my nation nor my anthem"

And OILine Rebel posted further down:
"Why not have a white anthem?"

Heh. There IS one (on "Rebel" records, no less):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYRkfwCEsXc

[goatprairie]

I am not a citizen of Negro Nation.  It is not my nation nor my anthem.

You know who else it's not? Black Americans. They don't need a separate national anthem. As American citizens their national anthem is the same as every other American citizen. it's called "The Star Spangled Banner."