White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday defended the "Peaceful protest" of Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry, who on Saturday turned away from the US flag while the national anthem played and covered her head with her T-shirt that read, "Activist Athlete."
Asked by a reporters what President Biden thought of the move by Berry, which critics have slammed as unpatriotic and unbecoming of a Team USA member that will represent the United States in Tokyo, Psaki seemed to say he would be understanding.
Berry went so far on Saturday as to say she was "Pissed" to hear "The Star-Spangled Banner" after winning a bronze medal at the US Olympic Track & Field Team Trials.
Berry, 31, was a member of the 2016 US Olympics team and is expected to participate in the Tokyo Olympics that begin in late July.
"It was real disrespectful," Berry said after the anthem played.
"They said they were going to play it before we walked out, then they played it when we were out there," Berry said.
Berry said, "I didn't really want to be up there it was a setup. I was hot, I was ready to take my pictures and get into some shade."
https://nypost.com/2021/06/28/jen-psaki-defends-gwen-berry-who-turned-back-on-us-flag/
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