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Former 'American Idol' contestant kneels after singing national anthem at NFL game
the hill ^ | 0ct 15 2017 | julia manchester

Posted on 10/15/2017 4:42:56 PM PDT by doug from upland

Singer Jessica Sanchez, a former runner-up on the 11th season of "American Idol," took a knee after she finished singing the national anthem at an Oakland Raiders game on Sunday, the Associated Press reported.

Former 'American Idol' contestant kneels after singing national anthem at NFL game © Twitter Singer Jessica Sanchez, a former runner-up on the 11th season of "American Idol," took a knee after she finished singing the national anthem at an Oakland Raiders game on Sunday, the Associated Press reported.

"I'm 100 percent for the message, as far as what the message has been behind everybody kneeling," Sanchez said, according to the AP.

"I still show my respect to the veterans, but I do disagree with what's going on in the office," she continued, referring to President Trump's recent rhetoric on the issue.

Trump ignited a firestorm over the issue last month, when he said at a campaign rally that the NFL should fire players who kneel during the anthem.

Many in the NFL community responded to the president's comments by subsequently kneeling or locking arms during the anthem at various games, though the number of protests has since dwindled.

NFL players, most notably free agent Colin Kaepaernick, have kneeled during the anthem in order to protest social and racial injustice in the U.S.

Sanchez is not the first national anthem singer to kneel at a game.

Singer Rico Lavelle took a knee after singing the national anthem last month at Detroit Lions game, while singer Megan Lindsey her guitar player got down on one knee after performing the national anthem at a Seattle Seahawks game.


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1 posted on 10/15/2017 4:42:57 PM PDT by doug from upland
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To: doug from upland

Clueless attention whore.


2 posted on 10/15/2017 4:44:28 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: doug from upland
"I'm 100 percent for the message ..."

And what IS that message, Jessica? Tell me in your own words ...

Yeah. Just as I thought.

By the way, say goodbye to your career. I hear they're hiring at Truck Haven.

3 posted on 10/15/2017 4:45:40 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: doug from upland
"I do disagree with what's going on in the office,"

I'd love to have her explain, in detail, the things with which she has a problem. I bet she has no idea about anything going on "in the office".

4 posted on 10/15/2017 4:47:03 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: doug from upland

And this Bimbo just committed Career Suicide.
She just made herself toxic to most of America.

Go to Mexico, sell some Tacos, maybe buy a leaf blower and open a lawncare company, because your singing career just ended.


5 posted on 10/15/2017 4:47:26 PM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: doug from upland
Trump ignited a firestorm over the issue last month, when he said at a campaign rally that the NFL should fire players who kneel during the anthem.

No....that would be kaperdork who started the mess and was aided by the No Fan League.

6 posted on 10/15/2017 4:47:47 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Can’t believe the owners are going to let the “performers” do this, yeah they are afraid of their players but they are going to let these SJW idiots make things worse?


7 posted on 10/15/2017 4:48:40 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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People can blame her, but don’t forget what entity put her up there in the first place.


8 posted on 10/15/2017 4:49:51 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Clueless attention whore.

Yep. A Chula Vista Hummer giver.


9 posted on 10/15/2017 4:51:42 PM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Hodar

Leafblower? Do you mean Mexican bagpipes?


10 posted on 10/15/2017 4:52:25 PM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: doug from upland
This is so ridiculous, and I am so sick of hearing how ‘unless you're a minority, you just can't understand’. I personally am of the belief that Henry David Thoreau's comment that “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation” is accurate. We all have baggage and have suffered at one time or another, and none of us can accurately predict what is around the corner. To assume that only you have suffered, and that the rest of us just wouldn't understand, is self indulgent, and is dismissive of what the rest of the world has had laid at their feet.

Colin Kaepaernick has been very fortunate in many ways, but chooses to play a victim. That's his choice, but I don't have to assume the ‘guilt’ he seems to want to label me with - just because I'm not recognized as a minority. If he, and many others were truly aware of the reality of the lives of those they call ‘privileged’, I highly doubt they would consider trading places for even a nanosecond.

11 posted on 10/15/2017 4:54:28 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: doug from upland

Too bad. I used to like her. Not now.


12 posted on 10/15/2017 4:56:30 PM PDT by BAW (I'm not tired of winning.)
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To: doug from upland

Hi! I’m an idiot!


13 posted on 10/15/2017 4:57:19 PM PDT by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: doug from upland

Too bad for her. A beautiful voice:

https://youtu.be/jZXBlvWa25M


14 posted on 10/15/2017 5:03:17 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: neverevergiveup
Here is what happened to Kaepernick


15 posted on 10/15/2017 5:04:57 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stand and honor the flag --- locking arms BS doesn't cut it)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

She’s an American Idol “runner up.” That means she signed a record deal.

For 99 cents, she gets 100 records.


16 posted on 10/15/2017 5:09:12 PM PDT by henkster (The View: A psychiatric group therapy session where the shrink has stepped out of the room.)
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To: doug from upland

This kneeling BS started under Obama, so I guess that idiot wasn’t a fan of “That office” either


17 posted on 10/15/2017 5:09:18 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: doug from upland

And, like that, Da Faiduhs lose. #committmenttoexcrement


18 posted on 10/15/2017 5:11:20 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: doug from upland

Who are these people who still pay and support these AH’s


19 posted on 10/15/2017 5:11:55 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: doug from upland

Doesn’t matter one way or the other, it’s not like she’ll have a career in music anyway.


20 posted on 10/15/2017 5:18:06 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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