Gwen Berry, an athlete place to
third in the hammer throw,
securing a spot on the US team for
the Tokyo Olympics which are set to
begin next month.
Now, when the Star Spangled Banner
began to play during the medal
ceremony, she decided to kind of
turn away in protest.
Because of the honestly,
the climate in this country,
when it comes to African-Americans,
people of color.
She said this, me being able to
represent my community and
my people and those who have died
at the hands of police brutality.
Those who have died to this
systemic racism, I feel like that's
the important part here.
Right, so she not only turned
away from the flag, she also draped
a t-shirt bearing the words
activist athlete over her head.
And of course that
led to a full blown
meltdown among right wingers who
would rather focus on these issues.
To deflect from the fact that
they're not offering Americans
anything substantive to improve
their lives materially.
So one of those individuals is,
of course,
representative Dan Crenshaw,
who's so offended, let's watch.
>> We don't need any more activist
athletes, she should be removed
from the team.
The entire point of the Olympic
team is to represent
the United States of America,
that's the entire point.
Okay, so it's one thing when
these NBA players do it okay, fine,
we'll just stop watching.
But now the Olympic team, and
it's multiple cases of this,
they should be removed.
That should be the bare minimum
requirement is that you believe in
the country representing, but look
taking it a couple levels deeper.
This is the pathology that occurs
when we're teaching critical
race theory into our institutions
because critical race theory.
Again, basically teaches that our
institutions are racist,
that our systems are deeply racist.
Now you can't see the racism,
right, because it's subtle, but
the old and if you deny it, it's
because of your white fragility.
But you're teaching
people this constantly, and
this is what it results in.
It results in these displays of
hatred towards our own country,
and it's got to stop.
>> I would argue that
the racism is not so subtle.
I mean, it's not subtle when you
watch a 12-year-old black child get
gunned down by a cop within
literally two seconds.
Because he's playing with the toy
gun in the park, but
anyway, that's beside the point.
Let's focus on the fact that
Dan Crenshaw, a Republican
who whines and cries about canceled
culture all day long.
Is now calling for the cancellation
of an athlete who exercise speech
that he doesn't like.
>> But we can add one other layer
to it too, they're the transgender
athletes it's not fair etc.
The these athletes
should compete on their own merits.
So she competes on her own merits,
comes in third, ready to go,
that means she qualifies for
the Olympics.
He's I don't like something she
did, it would say freedom of
speech, no, cancel >> Remove her.
>> Remove her, I don't want her
because she dared to do something I
don't agree with, okay?
Now let's compare one of
the things, so Republicans
are defending the Capitol rioters.
So they think those guys are very
pro-America, even though they
invaded America's Capitol, okay?
You can say they broke
into the Capitol and chanting
hang Mike Pence, looking to execute
the American vice president.
And everybody else, and
Nancy Pelosi, and AOC, and
other people that they chanted
about and we're looking for, etc.
And so the guys who invaded
America's Capitol or broke into it,
pro American, an American athlete
that did a political protest which,
by the way, is the single
most American thing you could do.
Is not American and needs to be
kicked out of the American team.
Okay, so
the hypocrisy of that is so
stunning.
But what's more stunning is that
almost no right winger in
the audience understands,
that they don't get it at all.
They're yeah,
sure, black didn't stand up when we
told her to stand up.
Absolutely, she's doing,
God damn it.
Okay, you guys
are breaking into the thing and you
want to kill American legislators.
Yeah, pro America.
>> And attempt to
overturn the results of.
>> A democratic election.
>> Yeah, I think come on, right,
I mean, but this is why I think
it's important to call the GOP out
on just how hollow their arguments
are as they engage in culture wars,
right?
And the fact that their arguments
are hollow provides evidence that
the fact that they're focused on
culture wars.
Is just meant to deflect from
the fact that they're not actually
legislating to improve
people's lives.
That's really what this is about
because what happened with
General Mark Milley, right?
The chairman of The Joint Chiefs of
Staff last week, so
he dared to call Matt on his lies
record critical race theory and
won't end the GOP,
which alerts the military and
our troops more than anyone.
Just started going
after Mark Milley viciously.
Because for them the culture wars
might be annoying,
even if Democrats and Republicans
engaging in it, or being sincere in
what they're saying.
But it's even worse, because
the GOP isn't even sincere in what
they're saying they're lying about
what they claim to care about.
They defended Donald Trump after it
was reported that he referred to
our fallen soldiers as suckers and
losers.
>> Yeah. >> Come on.
>> Absolutely, let alone their blue
lives matter unless this gig
capital cops in which case, tase
them, kill them, etc, don't and
don't investigate, all right?
So now, but
I want to make mention one other
thing that's really important.
So this whole thing about shaming
African Americans or
other minorities that don't stand
up to the national anthem for
the national anthem is infuriating.
So this country, enslaved millions
of black people, and then treated
them horribly for centuries and
to this day has systemic racism.
Where unarmed black men get shot on
a consistent basis, and
we can go on and on, and
on with redlining and
all the other abuses that happen.
And after all this abuse says, no,
it's your job to love me and here
to love me it's your fault, right,
it's an abusive relationship.
And no, if you're black or you're
another minority and you don't love
the national anthem, enough to
please Republicans who can care.
Ironically, it's a free country
you're allowed to think anything
you want, and
you're allowed to think America has
not been great to black people.
Of course, that's true,
what kind of maniac thinks that
America is great to black people.
That's insane to think that,
that doesn't mean we can't
make it better.
And finally on the national anthem,
this is really important guys.
I see this every once a while and
then I have to confess I forget and
then I reread it today.
That there's a section in there
that is deeply racist.
For instance, Scott Key wrote it
was about the war of 1812 when
the British had innovated.
And this is good,
heroic part of the story is we beat
back the British in Baltimore
in Fort McHenry, but
you never hear this part, okay?
There's a verse in there says their
blood has washed out their foul
footsteps pollution, no
refuge could save the hireling and
slave from the terror of flight, or
the gloom of the grave, why?
Because several 1000 freed slaves
had joined the British to fight
against America, because America
had enslaved them and tortured them
and killed their family, right?
And Francis Scott Key had lost
the battle to freed black slaves.
He hated them, so
he put into the US National and
well what became the American
national anthem, a part about how
we're going to take those slaves.
And we're going to give them
the terror of flight and
the gloom of the grain.
And black people
are supposed to stand up for that.
And we're supposed to yell at them
if they don't celebrate that verse
in the national anthem,
are you insane?
We take insane talking points
of the republicans and
treat it as if it was rational,
no, this is totally nuts.
Gwen Berry is a hero just like
the heroes of the past that stood
up to oppression and stood up for
justice.