Jen Psaki defends Gwen Berry's anti-America Olympic tantrum as right to peaceful protest

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.

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.”

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