Sid Miller blasts NFL plan to play 'Black national anthem' before games
In a fundraising email sent Wednesday, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller railed against the NFL’s plan to play “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a song often described as the Black national anthem, before season-opening games in September.
The decision, Miller wrote, placed the National Football League in the camp “of haters that want to destroy our culture, our unity, and heritage.”
“How many National Anthems do we have? How many do we need?” Miller’s email said. “Let’s be one American people with one National Anthem and, here’s an idea — let’s all stand for it when it plays.”
Miller, one of the earliest supporters of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, asked for political donations to help him advocate on Trump’s behalf in the 2020 election.
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