There may be "photos" on her website, but this is the only photo they show, several times. But it is a telling one for sure.
Posted on 06/30/2021 9:15:38 AM PDT by USA Conservative
Hammer thrower and activist Gwen Berry has received fierce backlash after she appeared to turn her back to the American flag as the national anthem was being played at the U.S. Olympic Trials over the weekend.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called Monday for US Olympic track and field athlete Gwen Berry to be kicked off the squad after she turned her back on the American flag while the national anthem was played over the weekend at the Olympic trials in Oregon.
“I don’t think it’s too much, when athletes are competing to wear the Stars and Stripes — to compete under the Stars and Stripes in the Olympics — for them to simply honor that flag and our anthem on the medal stand,” Cotton, a former Army infantry officer, told “Fox News Primetime”. “If Ms. Berry is so embarrassed by America, then there’s no reason she needs to compete for our country. She should be removed from the Olympic team.”
Cotton’s remarks echoed those of Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), a former Navy SEAL, who told “Fox & Friends” Monday that Berry should not travel to Tokyo for next month’s Games.
Berry, who famously protested during the anthem in the 2019 Pan American Games, caught attention for turning her body toward the stands and away from the flag as “The Star-Spangled Banner” was playing at the trials in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday. Toward the end of the song, she put a black T-shirt with the words “Activist Athlete” on her head. Her competitors DeAnna Price, who won first place, and Brooke Andersen, second place winner, put their hands over their hearts and faced the flag.
However, photos from Berry’s own website reveal that here Anthem/flag protest is nothing but a PR stunt!
Here’s a photo from Barry’s website with the U.S. flag:
Here’s a print screen in case she decides to delete this photo:
And here’s Barry making a fool of herself:
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday defended the “peaceful protest” of Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry, who on Saturday turned away from the US flag while the national anthem played and covered her head with her T-shirt that read, “Activist Athlete.”
Asked by a reporters what President Biden thought of the move by Berry, which critics have slammed as unpatriotic and unbecoming of a Team USA member that will represent the United States in Tokyo, Psaki seemed to say he would be understanding.
“I haven’t spoken to the president specifically about this, but I know he’s 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 at her daily press briefing.
Psaki added: “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.”
Berry went so far on Saturday as to say she was “pissed” to hear “The Star-Spangled Banner” after winning a bronze medal at the US Olympic Track & Field Team Trials.
Berry, 31, was a member of the 2016 US Olympics team and is expected to participate in the Tokyo Olympics that begin in late July.
And what manner of public relations were they expecting to get by pulling this “stunt”?
Some people refer to the silver medalist as the “first loser,” though it’s insultingly untrue. However, given this attitude, that would make whatsername, as bronze, the second loser. And that’s only in domestic competition. She doesn’t look much like a podium dweller in Tokyo, which just means she’ll have to come up with some other stunt to highlight herself.
Stop giving her attention.
The more attention she gets, the more likely she to land an endorsement spot with some anti-American corporation.
It’s all about eyeballs.
She sees the big bucks that soccer player, Rappinoe, has made by being anti-American and she wants to cash in.
She sees the big bucks that soccer player, Rappinoe, has made by being anti-American and she wants to cash in.
“And what manner of public relations were they expecting to get by pulling this “stunt”?”
Look up how much money Colin pumpernickel got from Nike.
“And what manner of public relations were they expecting to get by pulling this “stunt”?”
Follow the money!
I’ve called the USOC. I expect her to be removed from the team.
*crickets*
Any minute now...
*crickets*
Not always about money. What money is there in leftism, ultimately?
Her brand value to the Woke Hive goes up.
“Not always about money. What money is there in leftism, ultimately?”
It is this time.
Well then we can expect an about-face. The left-wing mafia can’t buy off everyone.
She must think that the bastion of Chinese patriotism, Nike, will reward her big time for being an anti-American racist.
“There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs — partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.”
― Booker T. Washington
Since she came in third . This is her way to make money. She knew there are plenty of America hating companies out there who would pay her for her public display of hate.
Doesn’t look soo ashamed of America here to me...
Hmm..
Hmmmmmm...
I wonder who did this to her
There may be "photos" on her website, but this is the only photo they show, several times. But it is a telling one for sure.
As a member of the Olympic Team she will get to walk in the opening and closing ceremonies so she will have plenty of chances to make a fool out of herself without standing on the podium.
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