welcome back u.s athlete gwen berry
turning her back on the american flag as
she stood
on the podium and as the anthem played
following the olympic
track and field trials barry later
responded saying quote i feel like
it was a setup and they did it on
purpose they had enough opportunities to
play the national anthem before we got
up there
it was real disrespectful sethyon
represented the us overseas on the
soccer field at the 2015 parapan
american games
and joins us now seth what is your
reaction to this
um first word that comes to mind is
disgraceful it's ridiculous for her to
even
uh state that she felt like she was set
up here on the podium that's when they
played the anthem
and then uh seth talk about what the
anthem
means to you
yeah um you know i think one of the
the stories that stand out the most was
being in the tunnel with
team usa in rio in 2016 and
uh i remember looking down
at my shoulder where my combat patch was
on my uniform when i was injured in
afghanistan five years previously where
i was
told i'd never walk again or walk with
an assist device
and then looking down on the team usa
crest and at all these phenomenal
athletes that i was surrounded by on my
right and left
embracing each other arms around each
other filled with pride and joy
and then looking in the tunnel and
seeing our flag uh perfectly silhouetted
in americana stadium with 80 000 people
singing and dancing and chanting
and that same pride and that same joy
permeated throughout the rest of our our
country
and they felt that too it support has
such a unique way of uniting
uh folks and um with the social
divisions that's the most
significant thing i see nowadays is five
years later the social divisions that we
have um
it's it's it pushes people away
well here's what gwen berry tweeted
quote don't set me up and think i won't
jump she's she's claiming it was a setup
because she says
she was told the anthem would be played
before she took the podium
here's what usa track and field has to
say quote the national anthem was
scheduled to play at 5
20 p.m today we didn't wait until the
athletes were on the podium for the
hammer throw awards
the national anthem is played every day
according to a previously published
schedule but i mean that being said i
mean when you go and you represent your
country shouldn't you be proud
of the country you're representing i
mean
absolutely and that was one of the the
moments of my life where i
felt most pride and it's crazy to me
i've been to 98 countries throughout my
career in my life i've lived in nine of
them i've maintained relationships with
people from all all demographics and
they they contact me to this day
just scratching their head when the
united states is responsible for 55
of the world's immigration people that
are fleeing actual persecution
um to find equality and to find freedom
and um and all she is is is a byproduct
of she's a byproduct of the exploitive
uh liberal media that again exploits
these these demographics and and evokes
this emotive response
that is completely misplaced and uh and
i would say majority of the athletes
are actually um just virtue signaling
grandstanding that's why
uh you know people don't want to see a
bunch of pretentious pompous athletes
um you know talk about how persecuted
they are with
in her case in mrs barry's case i
believe she truly
believes this she she believes that she
is fighting for social justice
and good honor like that's that's a a
freedom that you have in this country
but it doesn't mean that your
your ignorance isn't going to be uh
called out with
uh counterpoints a lot of words there
um sethion thank you very much for
joining us and thank you for your
service to this country
i appreciate you guys for having me on
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