The decision to hijack the July 4th holiday in order to acknowledge the new federal holiday of Juneteenth by featuring a rendition of the “Black National Anthem” has resulted in severe blowback for PBS.
When it was announced that the network would open their annual “A Capitol Fourth” celebration with a rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” by Vanessa Williams as a competing national anthem for the “woke” revolution, it only served to further divide an America that Democrats led by Joe Biden have repeatedly claimed is a racist nation.
In promoting her groundbreaking appearance on the 41st edition of the PBS event, Williams told the Associated Press that “It’s in celebration of the wonderful opportunity that we now have to celebrate Juneteenth. So we are reflective of the times,” an acknowledgment that many believe that July 4th is racist and that Juneteenth is the real independence day.
Vanessa Williams will honor Juneteenth at this year's Capitol Fourth celebration.
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— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) July 2, 2021
Last month, Biden signed off on adding Juneteenth which was celebrated in many states as the day that the slaves were freed from their Democrat masters, a revisionist spin on history as it came after the Emancipation Proclamation by Republican President Abraham Lincoln.
The fireworks directed at PBS exploded across Twitter after the news broke.
Vanessa honey, a BLACK national anthem is something a Black African Country would have, not a country like America that exists for everyone 🇺🇸🤦🏾♀️ https://t.co/ZLt8kZLRSU
— Lavern Spicer (@lavern_spicer) July 3, 2021
The Star Spangled Banner is our national anthem. To stand at attention, hand over heart for any other anthem is un-American.https://t.co/YgJBzP2wfd
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) July 3, 2021
THIS IS BAD. Different Races will have their own holidays? Their own Anthems? The new SEGREGATION. Vanessa Williams to sing 'Black national anthem' for Capitol Fourth celebration https://t.co/XBHuGwiFH6
— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) July 3, 2021
@PBS , paid for by our tax dollars, promotes segregation.#DefundPBS
Vanessa Williams to sing the 'Black National Anthem' on July 4 https://t.co/wAjpxQJFQn via @MailOnline
— Greeneyed Snoopy (@LibramoonSnoopy) July 4, 2021
If you don’t like this, yet you voted Democrat, stop bitching and blame yourself. https://t.co/jP0v2bkNR8
— Neal Boortz — Puddin’ Stick (@Talkmaster) July 3, 2021
To PBS’s credit, they did also allow the singing of the “Star Spangled-Banner”, a song that like the U.S. flag has been smeared as a symbol of white supremacy by the radial left.
PBS wasn’t the only taxpayer-subsidized propaganda organ to dump on America for July 4th, NPR also promoted the big lie that America was built on a foundation of racism and sexism.
🧵 245 years ago today, leaders representing 13 British colonies signed a document to declare independence.
It says "that all men are created equal" — but women, enslaved people, Indigenous people and many others were not held as equal at the time. https://t.co/dtE0z2Uabc
— NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2021
The political left’s plan to divide and conquer is working far better than practically anyone could have imagined thanks to a corrupt media that only serves as a propaganda arm for the Democratic party and is totally onboard with the idea that America is a terrible place that needs to be torn down and reconstructed to their liking.