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This should not be a difficult decision: If an athlete literally representing the United States of America will not stand respectfully for the U.S. flag and anthem, the athlete can find another country that doesn t offend them as much.
The issue arises again after a female hammer thrower named Gwen Berry turned her back to the flag and covered her head with a black protest shirt as the anthem played during the U.S. Olympic track and field trials on June 26.
Berry, who finished a distant third in the event, had the gall and narcissism to say she thought the anthem’s timing was a “setup” done “on purpose” to embarrass her in particular presumably because she had been an outspoken protester against “systemic racism” raising her fist during the anthem at the Pan-Am Games two years ago.
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