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'I never said I hated the country': Olympian Gwen Berry says she should still compete for Team USA amid calls for her to be removed but doubles down on her criticism of 'disrespectful' Star-Spangled Banner
UK Daily Mail ^ | June 30 2021 | BRIAN STIEGLITZ

Posted on 06/29/2021 11:03:23 PM PDT by knighthawk

Team USA Olympian Gwen Berry says she is not anti-American and insists she should still compete in the Tokyo 2021 games after turning away from the American flag during the national anthem.

Speaking to the Black News Channel about the backlash the gesture received, Berry said Tuesday: 'I never said that I didn't want to go to the Olympic games, that's why I competed and got third and made the team.'

Berry, who is sponsored by the leftist defund-the-police advocate group Color of Change, added: 'I never said that I hated the country. I never said that. All I said was I respect my people enough to not stand for or acknowledge something that disrespects them. I love my people. Point blank, period.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: commie; gwenberry; thirdplace; uglyblackwoman
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To: lilypad

You’re excusing her?

Stop


61 posted on 06/30/2021 4:26:32 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Irenic

“She’s stupid.”

This reminds me of the scene in the Wizard of Oz where the balloon lifts off before Dorothy can get in ... “come back, come back!”

It’s all about money. “Stupid” should have gotten her commercial endorsement first, then pull her anti-American stunt. The left gestapo would be in the wings, ready to deploy against any “racist company” who would dare cancel her contract. Stupid would continue to get paid, but never appear in a commercial again. Instead Stupid is toxic and there is no upside to any company offering her a contract. Besides, she didn’t win first place.


62 posted on 06/30/2021 4:26:48 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot ( )
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To: Rummyfan

The Fox News site has article after article about celebrities and other America haters coming to her defense. It’s like Fox doesn’t want to come right out and defend her so they make their position known by the slant of the stories the print.


63 posted on 06/30/2021 4:27:11 AM PDT by Russ (I )
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To: The Duke

You might want to make sure your computer isn’t loaded with software that reads a person’s mind.


64 posted on 06/30/2021 4:29:06 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot ( )
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To: Ann Archy

Good thing it wasn’t a rainbow flag and in the month of June. She would have been dropped off the team immediately, forced to publicly humiliate herself by tearfully reading her mea culpa on the 6 pm national news, then make her final exit from the public spotlight ... never to be seen again.


65 posted on 06/30/2021 4:33:14 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot ( )
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To: knighthawk

“Black News Channel” ABC???


66 posted on 06/30/2021 4:34:57 AM PDT by utax
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To: knighthawk
Gwen Berry, compete for any SH*THOLE country, but do not compete for a great non-racist country, you ungrateful POS!!

I emailed the US Olympic team and told them that I won't watch it unless that ungrateful bitch get kicked off the team

67 posted on 06/30/2021 4:40:17 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/5/21 at the NCGOP convention)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Move to Cuba...


68 posted on 06/30/2021 4:51:39 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks; All
The Star Spangled Banner was written during the war of 1812, the flag that set blacks free in the 1860s.

Maybe all these negros dissing Old Glory would have some legitimacy if they could present the flag of the county besides the US flag that set their black asses free.

69 posted on 06/30/2021 4:57:46 AM PDT by MikeSteelBe (The South will be in the right in the next war of Northern aggression.)
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To: knighthawk

How about we heap praise in the two women who were first and second and actually stood at attention with their hands on their hearts. THOSE women should be the center of attention, not some Marxist asshat who can’t compose a logical argument to support her actions.


70 posted on 06/30/2021 5:11:51 AM PDT by msrngtp2002 (Just my opinion.)
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To: utax

Why do American blacks always assume that the Word “slavery” always means their ancestors? Outside of Africa itself black slaves were virtually nonexistent in white nations until the 15th century. Blacks are probably not even the most enslaved race in history.


71 posted on 06/30/2021 5:12:25 AM PDT by Hootowl
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To: knighthawk

Not to OP, but to the attention whore; F*Y******!


72 posted on 06/30/2021 5:13:50 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

She doesn’t hate the entire country. Just 87% of the country.


73 posted on 06/30/2021 5:14:59 AM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdz oncm,.dadfjl,dz )
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To: knighthawk
Calling for Tonya Harding? TONYA??
74 posted on 06/30/2021 5:16:03 AM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: raccoonradio
From the article: "...athletes should indeed have a platform to demonstrate some of the issues that they have..."

What if Olympian Gwen Barry decides to use the Olympics to champion nudists rights and decides he doesn't need to wear pants while competing? Nudists have rights too and viewers who don't want to watch Gwen's penis swinging around while he throws the hammer are just bigots.

75 posted on 06/30/2021 5:19:49 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: MikeSteelBe

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YaxGNQE5ZLA

Star Spangled Banner As You’ve Never Heard It


76 posted on 06/30/2021 5:26:49 AM PDT by truthluva
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To: MinorityRepublican

She could compete for Wakanda.


77 posted on 06/30/2021 5:28:38 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: knighthawk

She could compete for the Chinese team, they are not racist.


78 posted on 06/30/2021 5:32:53 AM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: knighthawk

There’s the door. Use it.


79 posted on 06/30/2021 5:41:56 AM PDT by bgill
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To: knighthawk

Why is America’s best black female hammer thrower such a drama queen?


80 posted on 06/30/2021 5:46:18 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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