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Children's choir is stopped from singing the National Anthem INSIDE the Capitol after an officer deemed it a 'demonstration' - even though the Speaker's office had approved it
Daily Mail ^ | 3/6/23 | Alyssa Guzman

Posted on 06/03/2023 2:15:12 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

The Rushingbrook Children's Choir was singing inside the US Capitol on May 26 when a Capitol Police officer directed a congressional staffer to stop the show Rasbach said the officer called the performance a 'demonstration' and said some were offended by the performance Performances are 'not allowed in the US Capitol without the proper approval,' and the interference was 'due to a miscommunication,' a PD spokesperson said

A children's choir was told to stop singing the National Anthem by Capitol Police because it was deemed a 'demonstration,' but police insist it was a 'miscommunication.'

The Rushingbrook Children's Choir - based in South Carolina - was singing inside the US Capitol on May 26 when a female Capitol Police officer directed a congressional staffer to stop the show, Choir Director David Rasbach told the Daily Signal.

'I was shocked, I was dismayed, I was stunned,' the director told the outlet. 'I couldn’t believe that was happening, that they would stop the National Anthem of all songs.'

A children's choir was told to stop singing the National Anthem by Capitol Police because it was deemed a 'demonstration,' but police insist it was a 'miscommunication.'

The Rushingbrook Children's Choir - based in South Carolina - was singing inside the US Capitol on May 26 when a female Capitol Police officer directed a congressional staffer to stop the show, Choir Director David Rasbach told the Daily Signal.

'I was shocked, I was dismayed, I was stunned,' the director told the outlet. 'I couldn’t believe that was happening, that they would stop the National Anthem of all songs.'

'The US Capitol Police were not aware that the Speaker’s Office had approved this performance,' the spokesperson said. 'We apologize to the choir for this miscommunication that impacted their beautiful rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner and their...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: anthem; capitol; demonstration; nationalanthem; police
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Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
1 posted on 06/03/2023 2:15:12 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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for additional discussion, see below :)

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2 posted on 06/03/2023 2:17:06 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: Eleutheria5

Fire the officer and let him and his anti-American union fight to get his/her job back which will happen but HEY! point made.


3 posted on 06/03/2023 2:18:40 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Find out who the idiot officer, God hailing, LGBTQIA’s loving , blm leftist transgender supporting person is and fire them. Oh, l forgot it’s woke dc


4 posted on 06/03/2023 2:20:46 PM PDT by Integrityingovt (God is in control, remember that)
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To: Eleutheria5

Our government is under enemy occupation so this does not surprise me in the least.


5 posted on 06/03/2023 2:20:50 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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‘We apologize to the choir”

Yeah, you say that now a-hole when it’s too late. What kind of treasonous scumbag would have halted it in the first place?


6 posted on 06/03/2023 2:22:20 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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The District Of Congo police would have been fine if the children were singing the black fist anthem or the Mm, mmm, mm Obama song.

https://www.cato.org/blog/video-creepy-public-schooling-song-remains-same

D.C. needs to be obliterated with ICBM’s, preferably from space, just to be sure.


7 posted on 06/03/2023 2:23:16 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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Here is the first statement the Capitol Police put out - full of provable lies:

“Recently somebody posted a video of a children’s choir singing the Star-Spangled Banner in the U.S. Capitol Building and wrongfully claimed we stopped the performance because it ‘might offend someone.’ Here is the truth. Demonstrations and musical performances are not allowed in the U.S. Capitol. Of course, because the singers in this situation were children, our officers were reasonable and allowed the children to finish their beautiful rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner. The Congressional staff member who was accompanying the group knew the rules, yet lied to the officers multiple times about having permission from various offices. The staffer put both the choir and our officers, who were simply doing their jobs, in an awkward and embarrassing position.”

As far as saying they were "reasonable", they mean they didn't shoot one of the kids, and beat another to death.

8 posted on 06/03/2023 2:26:08 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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A children's choir was told to stop singing the National Anthem by Capitol Police because it was deemed a 'demonstration,' but police insist it was a 'miscommunication.'

BS. It was intentional.

9 posted on 06/03/2023 2:26:14 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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Other than a “sincere apology”, nothing will be done. At most, Speaker McCarthy will write a sternly worded letter.


10 posted on 06/03/2023 2:30:20 PM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Eleutheria5

Fire them! Publicly expose them live on tv during the firing.


11 posted on 06/03/2023 2:32:10 PM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: Eleutheria5

Just following orders.


12 posted on 06/03/2023 2:39:33 PM PDT by fretzer
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To: Eleutheria5

The Marxist/globalist cabal that now rules us forbids displays of patriotism for the old nation that they destroyed. It would be like entering The Hagia Sophia mosque and singing Christian hymns.


13 posted on 06/03/2023 2:42:12 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.y )
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And why the hell would they need permission to sing our national anthem in our nations Capitol? These people are the enemy


14 posted on 06/03/2023 2:42:50 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Wallace T.

“Other than a “sincere apology”, nothing will be done. At most, Speaker McCarthy will write a sternly worded letter.”

When Democrats gain control of an organization, they purge all opposition. When Republicans gain control of the organization, they maintain the status quo.

The capitol police leadership should have been purged or reassigned as soon as the Republicans won the house.


15 posted on 06/03/2023 2:43:51 PM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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An anti American degenerate!


16 posted on 06/03/2023 2:46:33 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Wallace T.

They were invited to sing inside the capitol. I assume by McCarthy. That news was posted somewhere on FR.


17 posted on 06/03/2023 2:46:44 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

Indeed.


18 posted on 06/03/2023 2:47:09 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Eleutheria5

Why doesn’t the LEO on duty know who is approved to perform that day? Seems like basic knowledge needed to do his job!


19 posted on 06/03/2023 2:49:58 PM PDT by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty this day!)
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“As far as saying they were “reasonable”, they mean they didn’t shoot one of the kids, and beat another to death.”

Very close to my first thought which was I guess we should be glad the USCP lieutenant who shot Ashli Babbit wasn’t on duty in the Hall.


20 posted on 06/03/2023 3:03:51 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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