Democrat Congressman Sends Absurd Tweet About Super Bowl Crowd Not Standing For 'Lift Every Voice And Sing'

Congressman Steve Cohen is NOT HAPPY with NFL fans who didn't stand for "Lift Every Voice and Sing" when it was played at the Super Bowl.

The song has become known as the "Black National Anthem" to some people, and has been played at the Super Bowl since the 2020-2021 season. It's a divisive topic. Some fans like it, but many - including myself - do not believe America has two national anthems. There's one national anthem, and it's "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Yet, the NFL has chosen to play it for the past few years, and that's exactly what happened when Andra Day performed it Sunday. However, instead of just moving forward with the game, the Congressman from Tennessee seemed to not-so-subtly imply NFL fans must be racist for not standing during "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

"Very very few stood at Super Bowl for ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing'. The Negro National Anthem. Not a pretty picture of Super Bowl crowd," Cohen - a Democrat -  tweeted shortly before kickoff Sunday night.

He followed up his first piping hot take with a second tweet claiming he stands for both and that many people in Memphis do the same.

Let me know your thoughts on his tweets at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. 

Steve Cohen should be ashamed of himself.

The nonsense surrounding the idea America has two national anthems has to end. People are welcome to enjoy "Lift Every Voice and Sing." They're welcome to listen to it all they want, have any feelings about it they want, debate the song and do just about anything else.

However, nothing that anyone does is going to change the fact that The United States of America only has one national anthem:

"The Star-Spangled Banner" written by Francis Scott Key.

Steve Cohen sends insane tweet about people not standing for "Lift Every Voice and Sing" before the Super Bowl. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)

Instead of unifying around our great and beautiful national anthem, people like Cohen decide to use "Life Every Voice and Sing" to drive a wedge between people. 

It's not the national anthem for black people or anyone else in America because, again, there's only one national anthem. The United States of America has one flag, one national anthem and we're one country. It's that simple, and nobody should apologize for telling the truth.

The men and women who paid the ultimate price wearing the uniform of our military all did it wearing the same flag. They all bled the same color blood. They all fought and died for a common cause.

By having different things for different groups, we're signaling that this country isn't actually united at all. We're separated *AND* supposed to view that as a good thing. It's not a positive. It's wildly destructive.

Why stop with two different anthems? Why not two different pledges of allegiance? Why not have separate jobs, schools and housing? See how quickly this mindset spirals out of control? It's crazy, but people are openly promoting it and shaming those who don't agree.

Just in case it's not crystal clear, I will never stand for any national anthem that is not the real one, I will never say a different pledge of allegiance, I will never accept society should be fractured into different groups and I will never apologize for having those views. The fact you're reading OutKick tells me you're the same. Let me know what you think of Cohen's tweet at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.