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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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To: doug from upland

Does she diss the Mexican Flag?


21 posted on 10/15/2017 5:24:43 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (High quality, Low price, Speedy executionÂ…pick any two)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Easy to fix. From here on out only have military perform the national anthem


22 posted on 10/15/2017 5:24:53 PM PDT by Josa
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To: Josa

Works for me.


23 posted on 10/15/2017 5:27:52 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: neverevergiveup

Bravo


24 posted on 10/15/2017 5:29:52 PM PDT by griswold3
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To: doug from upland

Just noticed all the White guys on Carrie Underwood’s SNF intro...nevermind, there aren’t any!


25 posted on 10/15/2017 5:30:07 PM PDT by Fireone (Heating the tar and bagging the feathers...the People are coming to D.C.)
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To: doug from upland
My God, the stupidity level of people is endless. The sheep will always be the sheep.

It would even be pointless to be pragmatic and have one of their BS "discussions". In the end, I don't think they even know what the knee idiocy is for nor would there ever be a consensus.

26 posted on 10/15/2017 5:31:19 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: neverevergiveup
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.

It's basically a way to pretend that a lack of self-restraint, discipline and education is not the reason one is mired in a bad situation. Blame whitey, and especially ones who point that out.

27 posted on 10/15/2017 5:36:36 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: doug from upland
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Singer Jessica Sanchez
28 posted on 10/15/2017 5:36:40 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: doug from upland

The message is that black athletes get paid millions of dollars even though they are subject to “systemic oppression” of whities.

Hmmm. Maybe if I can get myself subject to “system oppression” I can get lots of money from stupid white folks.


29 posted on 10/15/2017 5:38:30 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Democrats destroy the Middle Class. It's what they do.)
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To: doug from upland

Likely butchered the anthem on the way to kneeling. Likely not he first time in her life she has been on her knees.


30 posted on 10/15/2017 5:38:51 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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To: doug from upland

To Hell with the NFL!


31 posted on 10/15/2017 5:40:13 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: doug from upland

she’s such a poster child of oppression...as are the players


32 posted on 10/15/2017 5:40:52 PM PDT by Professional
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To: doug from upland

A lot more cops are murdered by black males than the other way around. It’s a miracle cops still do their jobs.


33 posted on 10/15/2017 5:42:22 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: doug from upland

I am so far beyond pissed about this garbage. It is time for it to stop. There is no respect for anything anymore.


34 posted on 10/15/2017 5:48:07 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: doug from upland

I guess the bottom line is,’ How far do the NFL owners want to shrink the white patriotic demographic of their market?’

Maybe they figure there is a bottom threshold they can live with, maybe go even a little lower and make it up with foreign fans?

They also probably figure that the white working class patriotic demographic can’t live without football. So if they just kowtow to the radical players long enough. Both sides will get tired of it. Then back to the to same old same old.


35 posted on 10/15/2017 5:54:20 PM PDT by Reily
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To: doug from upland

A$$


36 posted on 10/15/2017 6:03:32 PM PDT by bobrlbob
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

+1


37 posted on 10/15/2017 6:08:32 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Burn. It. Down.)
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To: Vermont Lt

;-)


38 posted on 10/15/2017 6:16:13 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: Josa

Excellent!


39 posted on 10/15/2017 6:27:48 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: doug from upland

She’s actually Asian (half-Filipina I believe), but even then, that was a such bad mistake. When will people realize that a sporting event is NOT the place for any political statement? A shame.


40 posted on 10/15/2017 6:51:56 PM PDT by AZSonic (Just Make America Great. Never mind the "Again" part.)
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