Ted Cruz calls report of NFL playing black national anthem 'asinine'

Chuck9788 · Jul 3, 2020

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called the report of the NFL planning to play the black national anthem before games during Week 1 of the 2020 season “asinine.”

Cruz wondered in a tweet whether there were national anthems for other races.

“How many national anthems do we have??

“Is there an Hispanic national anthem?

“An Asian-American national anthem?

“This is asinine. We are ONE America. E Pluribus Unum,” he wrote.The NFL will play “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing,” which is also known as the black national anthem, before every Week 1 NFL game in the 2020 season, according to ESPN.

According to the ESPN report, the song will be played before “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

The NFL has not commented on the reported decision.

The league and the NFL Players Association are also contemplating listing the names of victims on uniforms through decals on helmets or patches on jerseys, ESPN reported. The NFL also may produce educational programs about victims. They also have other plans that haven’t been identified.

whpl50 · Jul 3, 2020

Chuck9788 said:
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called the report of the NFL planning to play the black national anthem before games during Week 1 of the 2020 season “asinine.”

Cruz wondered in a tweet whether there were national anthems for other races.

“How many national anthems do we have??

“Is there an Hispanic national anthem?

“An Asian-American national anthem?

“This is asinine. We are ONE America. E Pluribus Unum,” he wrote.The NFL will play “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing,” which is also known as the black national anthem, before every Week 1 NFL game in the 2020 season, according to ESPN.

According to the ESPN report, the song will be played before “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

The NFL has not commented on the reported decision.

The league and the NFL Players Association are also contemplating listing the names of victims on uniforms through decals on helmets or patches on jerseys, ESPN reported. The NFL also may produce educational programs about victims. They also have other plans that haven’t been identified.

Separate but equal Ted, u know that beats racism every time

JasperL · Jul 3, 2020

Chuck9788 said:
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called the report of the NFL planning to play the black national anthem before games during Week 1 of the 2020 season “asinine.”

Cruz wondered in a tweet whether there were national anthems for other races.

“How many national anthems do we have??

“Is there an Hispanic national anthem?

“An Asian-American national anthem?

“This is asinine. We are ONE America. E Pluribus Unum,” he wrote.The NFL will play “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing,” which is also known as the black national anthem, before every Week 1 NFL game in the 2020 season, according to ESPN.

According to the ESPN report, the song will be played before “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

The NFL has not commented on the reported decision.

The league and the NFL Players Association are also contemplating listing the names of victims on uniforms through decals on helmets or patches on jerseys, ESPN reported. The NFL also may produce educational programs about victims. They also have other plans that haven’t been identified.

Does Ted need his blankie? :boohoo:

joko104 · Jul 3, 2020

Next, they should create separate seating areas for black people at stadiums, on buses and subways, in restaurants etc. We should accept that the Democratic Party will never stop destroying the USA and killing people until they get their racial segregation laws and practices back.

whpl50 · Jul 3, 2020

joko104 said:
Next, they should create separate seating areas for black people at stadiums, on buses and subways, in restaurants etc. We should accept that the Democratic Party will never stop destroying the USA and killing people until they get their racial segregation laws and practices back.

White people should just not go and do not buy team gear, let's see how long the NFL is around after that.

JasperL · Jul 3, 2020

whpl50 said:
White people should just not go and do not buy team gear, let's see how long the NFL is around after that.

Or maybe the pathetic snowflakes shrug it off because it's not a big deal. The teams do a lot of things pre-game, and playing this 'anthem' harms no one at all, unless you're a pathetic little snowflake whose fee fees are at the whim of song selection at an NFL game, and if so, get a ****ing life.

JasperL · Jul 3, 2020

joko104 said:
Next, they should create separate seating areas for black people at stadiums, on buses and subways, in restaurants etc. We should accept that the Democratic Party will never stop destroying the USA and killing people until they get their racial segregation laws and practices back.

Maybe you and Ted can have a little cry together, a group cry, maybe on Zoom or something. :boohoo:

Moderate Right · Jul 3, 2020

Chuck9788 said:
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called the report of the NFL planning to play the black national anthem before games during Week 1 of the 2020 season “asinine.”

Cruz wondered in a tweet whether there were national anthems for other races.

“How many national anthems do we have??

“Is there an Hispanic national anthem?

“An Asian-American national anthem?

“This is asinine. We are ONE America. E Pluribus Unum,” he wrote.The NFL will play “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing,” which is also known as the black national anthem, before every Week 1 NFL game in the 2020 season, according to ESPN.

According to the ESPN report, the song will be played before “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

The NFL has not commented on the reported decision.

The league and the NFL Players Association are also contemplating listing the names of victims on uniforms through decals on helmets or patches on jerseys, ESPN reported. The NFL also may produce educational programs about victims. They also have other plans that haven’t been identified.

LOL. I think everyone should take a knee.

armycowboy · Jul 3, 2020

The same Ted Cruz who went sucking up to Trump after he insulted Cruz's wife and father? Cruz has already been neutered.

Corpsie · Jul 3, 2020

joko104 said:
Next, they should create separate seating areas for black people at stadiums, on buses and subways, in restaurants etc. We should accept that the Democratic Party will never stop destroying the USA and killing people until they get their racial segregation laws and practices back.

I wonder how long it will be, before the NFL starts giving black folks season tickets to all the games...and some how it will be at whiteys expense.

john patriot · Jul 3, 2020

NFL can stick their football and the Black national anthem where the sun don't shine, why do Black people have a separate anthem than we do, are they not Americans too. Q2024

HumblePi · Jul 3, 2020

Corpsie said:
I wonder how long it will be, before the NFL starts giving black folks season tickets to all the games...and some how it will be at whiteys expense.

Take all the black NFL players out of all games and you 'whiteys' won't have a game to go to.

whpl50 · Jul 3, 2020

HumblePi said:
Take all the black NFL players out of all games and you 'whiteys' won't have a game to go to.

Where is the country of Black??

joko104 · Jul 3, 2020

whpl50 said:
White people should just not go and do not buy team gear, let's see how long the NFL is around after that.

People who display NFL gear, posters, watch the NFL on TV and/or go to NFL games should be publicly shamed for their opposition to law enforcement/police and the rule of law.

It should be made VERY clear publicly that anyone who gives $1 to the NFL or NASCAR openly supports defunding/eliminating the police - meaning they are pro-criminal, pro-rapist, pro-murderer, pro-terrorist, and pro-thief.

SonOfDaedalus · Jul 3, 2020

whpl50 said:
White people should just not go and do not buy team gear, let's see how long the NFL is around after that.

I didn't know what the "Black National Anthem" was....so I googled. It's not really a "Black" national anthem at all...

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" was publicly performed first as a poem as part of a celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday by Johnson's brother John. In 1919, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) dubbed it "the Negro national hymn"[2] for its power in voicing a cry for liberation and affirmation for African-American people.[1]

The song is a prayer of thanksgiving for faithfulness and freedom, with imagery evoking the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom of the "promised land". "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is featured in 39 different Christian hymnals, and is sung in churches across North America.[3]

Lift Every Voice and Sing - Wikipedia

It's "Lift Every Voice and Sing" You probably heard it or sang it in the past.

I really wish they wouldn't call it "The Black National Anthem." That's very confusing. Call it, what it is, "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

I say, play the game skip all the singing.

SonOfDaedalus · Jul 3, 2020

joko104 said:
People who display NFL gear, posters, watch the NFL on TV and/or go to NFL games should be publicly shamed for their opposition to law enforcement/police and the rule of law.

It should be made VERY clear publicly that anyone who gives $1 to the NFL or NASCAR openly supports defunding/eliminating the police - meaning they are pro-criminal, pro-rapist, pro-murderer, pro-terrorist, and pro-thief.

What will racists do for entertainment? Can't watch NFL, NBA, and even NASCAR. Can't watch liberal Holywood movies. What is a racist White man to do?

whpl50 · Jul 3, 2020

SonOfDaedalus said:
What will racists do for entertainment? Can't watch NFL, NBA, and even NASCAR. Can't watch liberal Holywood movies. What is a racist White man to do?

Run the country so all these non essential people have one to destroy i guess

TobyOne · Jul 3, 2020

As usual Ted nails it. Its too bad his dad killed Kennedy or he'd be president now.

Chuck9788 said:
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called the report of the NFL planning to play the black national anthem before games during Week 1 of the 2020 season “asinine.”

Cruz wondered in a tweet whether there were national anthems for other races.

“How many national anthems do we have??

“Is there an Hispanic national anthem?

“An Asian-American national anthem?

“This is asinine. We are ONE America. E Pluribus Unum,” he wrote.The NFL will play “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing,” which is also known as the black national anthem, before every Week 1 NFL game in the 2020 season, according to ESPN.

According to the ESPN report, the song will be played before “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

The NFL has not commented on the reported decision.

The league and the NFL Players Association are also contemplating listing the names of victims on uniforms through decals on helmets or patches on jerseys, ESPN reported. The NFL also may produce educational programs about victims. They also have other plans that haven’t been identified.

joko104 · Jul 3, 2020

SonOfDaedalus said:
What will racists do for entertainment? Can't watch NFL, NBA, and even NASCAR. Can't watch liberal Holywood movies. What is a racist White man to do?

What you say you dare not do and demand no one else do either - go outside, get together with others and enjoy life. I understand being a couch potato is now a requirement to being a progressive Democrat.

JasperL · Jul 3, 2020

john patriot said:
NFL can stick their football and the Black national anthem where the sun don't shine, why do Black people have a separate anthem than we do, are they not Americans too. Q2024

Q!!! :lamo

joko104 · Jul 3, 2020

So NOW Democrats claim the the USA is a religious Christian country and want religious songs sung at public events.

Jean-s · Jul 3, 2020

joko104 said:
Next, they should create separate seating areas for black people at stadiums, on buses and subways, in restaurants etc. We should accept that the Democratic Party will never stop destroying the USA and killing people until they get their racial segregation laws and practices back.

"Lyin' Ted Cruz" was crushed to bits by Donald Trump when the Canadian-born U.S. senator wanted to be president. Nobody should pay attention to anything he says.

JasperL · Jul 3, 2020

Chuck9788 said:
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called the report of the NFL planning to play the black national anthem before games during Week 1 of the 2020 season “asinine.”

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Just for reference, here are the lyrics. Terrible, radical stuff:

Lift ev'ry voice and sing
'Til earth and heaven ring
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the list'ning skies
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun
Let us march on 'til victory is won
Stony the road we trod
Bitter the chastening rod
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died
Yet with a steady beat
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered
Out from the gloomy past
'Til now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast
God of our weary years
God of our silent tears
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way
Thou who has by Thy might
Led us into the light
Keep us forever in the path, we pray
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee
Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee
Shadowed beneath Thy hand
May we forever stand
True to our God
True to our native land

jimbo · Jul 3, 2020

HumblePi said:
Take all the black NFL players out of all games and you 'whiteys' won't have a game to go to.

Who'd notice? I haven't watched for several years.

whpl50 · Jul 3, 2020

Thats a nice song, I still want to know where the country of Black is, and why do we need any anthems played at games anyway. I really dont see the point

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