Gwen Berry searches throughout the playing of the national anthem with DeAnna Price (center), very first place, and Brooke Andersen, 2nd place, on the podium after the ladiess hammer toss last on day nine of the 2020 US Olympic Track & & Field Team Trials.Getty Images
Gwendolyn Berry shows an “Activist Athlete” shirt as she celebrates ending up third in the ladiess hammer throw final.Getty Images
Gwendolyn Berry raises her arm during introductions for the prelims of the womens hammer throw at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials.AP.
Political commentator Nick Adams, president of Flag Usa, said in a tweet: “Looks like the American flag didnt upset Gwen Berry a few years ago …”.
She responded to the reaction by writing on Twitter: “At this point, y all are consumed with me.”
” Totally not all an act! She was certainly not protesting to get attention for herself and/or maybe some of those woke Nike sponsorship dollars,” Donald Trump Jr. tweeted, including, “100% legit and not at all a home industry victimization scheme we see a lot of nowadays.”
And she doubled down later on by insisting the anthem is “disrespectful” to black Americans.
Berry earlier today also reiterated earlier remarks she made on Twitter in action to the backlash, insisting she does not hate her country.
Conservative author Brigitte Gabriel said the image “look like her entire Activist Athlete bit is an act.”.
” All I said was I respect my individuals enough to not acknowledge or stand something that disrespects them,” she stated.
” If you understand your history, you understand the full song of the national anthem. The third paragraph speaks with servants in America– our blood being killed … all over the floor,” Berry stated on Black News Channel.
An old photo showing Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry beaming while holding the American flag has gone viral in the wake of her avoiding destiny and Stripes last week during the national anthem.
Author Tim Young composed: “Gwen Berrys PR group forgot to upgrade her site …”.
” Its disrespectful, and it does not speak for black Americans.”
Berry, 31, a two-time Olympic-qualifying professional athlete, sustained extensive wrath when she snubbed the flag on Saturday while the anthem was played at the Olympic trials in Oregon.
The old image has actually now gone viral in social media, where users slammed her for her evident shift in mindset.
” I never stated that I didnt desire to go to the Olympic games. I never ever stated that I hated the nation. I never ever stated that,” Berry told Black News Channel after claiming that the event at the Olympic trials in Oregon was a “setup.”.
The image– which was published to Berrys old website in June 2015– shows her exuding happiness as she holds up the flag after she achieved her imagine representing the nation at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Fox News reported.
