Posted on 06/29/2021 8:05:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
As if the Biden administration couldn't sink any lower than it already has, in comes White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki to dig the shambles deeper.
According to Yahoo! Sports:
Olympian Gwen Berry protested during the national anthem during the Olympic trials on Saturday when she turned away from the flag on the medal podium and held a t-shirt over her face.
On Monday, the White House took notice.
Press secretary Jen Psaki was asked about Berry’s protest on Monday by a reporter, and while she said she hasn’t spoken with President Joe Biden about it specifically, Psaki defended the hammer thrower’s actions.
“I know [Biden is] incredibly proud to be an American and has great respect for the anthem and all that it represents, especially for our men and women serving in uniform all around the world,” Psaki said.
“He would also say, of course, that part of that pride in our country means recognizing there are moments where we are, as a country, haven’t lived up to our highest ideals. And it means respecting the rights of people granted to them in the Constitution to peacefully protest.”
Here's the lovely picture:
Stop playing with me pic.twitter.com/WLN3clqOCM — Gwen Berry OLY (@MzBerryThrows) June 27, 2021
Ace at Ace of Spades has some fine acidic commentary on this self-aggrandizing third-place finisher's quest for eternal attention. I wrote about her and her creepy backers here. And there are even more creepy backers from the corporate-activist shakedown nexus here.
The worst of it though was in this Biden administration reaction.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
If that’s the way she feels, she should quit the team. If she stays on the team, she is admitting she’s in it for her own glory and not in representing the US. The US Olympic Committee should not waste another dollar on supporting her.
Well why not? The Zho Xiden Regime will cheer loudly anytime that some asshat pisses all over our Republic, our Flag and our Values.
If it were not for that flag and what it stands for, she would not be where she is today. She might not even have been born with the freedom to do what she does.
How would she feel about any member of the U.S. team openly disparaging BLM, or saying “only biological women with XX chromosomes are real women”?
LOL
Didn’t I see news headlines Psaki is quitting the job? Or am I wrong?
Jen Psaki speaks on behalf of Joe Biden. The guy who takes money from the communists.
She’s so oppressed she gets to represent the USA in the Olympics.
Must be a rough life, making a nice living playing a game you love and excel at.
What a horrible country!
Is her protest islam related ?
Its like the left has culturaly mis-appropriated the " hold muh beer" meme.
Ghana has an open invitation to American blacks to immigrate to a land free of evil whitey.
The "Circle Back Lady" said she will resign next year.
Probably waiting for Kamala's takeover.
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Sometimes - an athlete will peak too soon in a run up to a major event. I suspect that this athlete may be regretting all the attention she is getting with the Olympics still a month away. Rest assured, she will be watched carefully in Tokyo.
She should get to stay home and watch the Olympics on cable.
Both the disgraceful and hypocritical anti-American behavior of this hate-filled nothingburger who can throw a piece of metal and the behavior of our occupying regime are DISGUSTING. This drooling fool, supposedly the head of America, applauds this piece of garbage dissing the flag that thousands died to defend. For that alone, they should be wrapped in the flag and tossed to some great whites.
Yes Jen she has a right to protest. But if you are going to the Olympics as a representative of your country, you show respect for your country while wearing the USA on your chest. If you can’t do that then don’t try out for the team. Just stay home and protest.
The USA team should ban her, regardless of Bronze, Silver or Gold.
It’s “Team USA” and apparently she doesn’t want to be on it, and even if she does, she has shown she is not a “Team USA” player.
As John Wooden once said to upstart Bill Walton, awesome Center for the never-to-be-matched basketball team, wearing a beard to show his individualism and defiance...
“Bill, you are perfectly free to wear a beard, but not one this basketball team.”
Outcome — beard G-O-N-E
Bill walton used this as an anecdote on “team play.”
I would much rather have her closely watched from within her own home while watching other athletes on TV represent the US.
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