Singer at Dodger Stadium sings the national
anthem in Spanish as an act of defiance
to protest ICE raids in Los Angeles
KNBC-TV [Los Angeles, CA],
by
Michael Duarte
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
6/15/2025 10:42:12 PM
Los Angeles is home to a reported 1.8 million Spanish-speaking residents, but rarely do they hear the national anthem sung in that language. On Saturday night at Dodger Stadium, with 51,548 fans on their feet and television cameras trained on the field, Vanessa Hernández stood behind home plate and sang the national anthem, which is traditionally sung before every sporting event in the United States. Only this time, it was different. (Snip) Wearing a shirt adorned with the flag of her family’s homeland, Hernández’s voice quivered with emotion as she reached the final line, her eyes welling with tears. But
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 6/15/2025 10:45:26 PM (No. 1964742)
Hernandez, how about go home to Mexico and insult your own kind, have a good cry, and leave us Americans alone.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
cor-vet 6/15/2025 11:00:30 PM (No. 1964748)
Why don't these idiots move to the homeland of their family, if they think it's so great? The greatest day in America, will be the day I don't have to push 1 for English and anything I purchase won't require a ream of paper because it has to have every language ever thought of printed with the directions.
65 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
IceQueen 6/15/2025 11:06:01 PM (No. 1964751)
B'H
Nauseating puff piece.
Antics like this got the NFL in an attendance slump. Rightly so. Dodgers said she was told NOT to sing in spanish. Did nothing to stop her mid stanza. The author of the piece wrote: "It was a moment as bold as it was beautiful, a protest wrapped in melody, echoing far beyond the confines of the ballpark." Went on to describe her "courage" in glowing terms. Nuts. Interesting to follow and see whether the Dodgers act on this disgrace at all.
OP: The mexican president has whined about losing all the $$$ sent "home" by the illegals -- perhaps that's the issue. As President Trump said, "They are not sending their best."
45 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Safari Man 6/15/2025 11:07:30 PM (No. 1964752)
¿José can you Sî?
58 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
rochow 6/15/2025 11:29:39 PM (No. 1964758)
Don't ever book this strumpet anywhere, anyplace again.
42 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 6/15/2025 11:32:06 PM (No. 1964759)
Obnoxious little witch.
36 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
jasmine 6/15/2025 11:42:10 PM (No. 1964761)
FTA: "But her defiance was clear. It was for her people — para mi gente — a stand against a system that, as she put it, is “ripping families apart” amid a wave of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids that have sent fear cascading through Latino communities in Los Angeles since June 6."
Nobody is "ripping families apart" if parents came to the US the right way. If it's true that her parents have been citizens her entire life, those families are not "her people." She's appropriating a culture built around not obeying American laws and living here illegally without meaningful consequences. It takes a misplaced sense of entitlement to insult Americans for wanting their laws enforced. No matter how much they have taken from Americans over the years, the illegal alien lobby is never satisfied. It's a kind of discrimination that has no place on our soil, no matter how entitled the beneficiaries may feel about their "right" to take advantage of American citizens in perpetuity because it's a way of life for them.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
FLCracker 6/15/2025 11:46:20 PM (No. 1964762)
As long as it was accurate translation - as it seems to be as the articled said it was the official Spanish-language version - no problem.
3 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Catherine 6/16/2025 12:01:05 AM (No. 1964764)
Sounds like baseball big guys don't care about those attending and spending money. So in my humble opinion, they need to stop going to these games. Hit the big guys where it really hurts, their pockets. They have chosen rude singers and another flag other than the US flag. I wouldn't spend a penny on anything major league baseball.
30 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Highlander 6/16/2025 12:17:57 AM (No. 1964767)
If they want “their country” back so bad, Mexico should pay us back the $15mil plus inflation rate and interest. My wild math estimates 22 billion if nothing was done to the land over the 177 years since the purchase. With all the development over the years, I’ll just say Mexico ain’t got that kind of money! Of course, rioters and democrats, being the criminal dummies they are, couldn’t care less about numbers.
15 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
jalo1951 6/16/2025 12:33:49 AM (No. 1964771)
Barf alert.
16 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
NYbob 6/16/2025 1:18:40 AM (No. 1964781)
Every rat is either a no scruples power greed head or a willfully ignorant, emotional basket case. A lot of women fit the latter description after losing their way from 50 years of out of control feminists. The proof of how absurd that movement has become, is supporting mentally ill men in wigs and dresses who take all the trophies and jump to the head of their line.
14 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
anniebc 6/16/2025 4:01:21 AM (No. 1964794)
And the crowd was too scared to boo her into silence. Darn shame!
15 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
mifla 6/16/2025 4:54:37 AM (No. 1964808)
If she was told hot to sing in Spanish, they should have turned off the sound system.
27 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
5 handicap 6/16/2025 6:11:15 AM (No. 1964824)
This "Stunt" was an Insult to every American of every stripe. If it were not such, she would have worn a shirt with the Stars abnd Stripes and not adporned with the green Toilet paper representing the Parasites from Down South of the Rio Grand.
17 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Strike3 6/16/2025 6:17:44 AM (No. 1964827)
She should have been stoned by the crowd but apparently LA is now going along with their Mexican nonsense. You made your choice, now enjoy living in the ashes you have created.
11 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 6/16/2025 6:22:34 AM (No. 1964830)
Oh, so stunning, so brave.
4 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
Venturer 6/16/2025 7:51:05 AM (No. 1964875)
If they had to tell her not to sing the anthem in Spanish, they should have known she would and found an American to sing.
She is not American no matter how long she has been here.
14 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
hershey 6/16/2025 8:06:40 AM (No. 1964891)
Sorry Vanessa, that's the last time you will be asked to sing the anthem.....is she a citizen or illegal or just stupid??? Too bad the fans didn't kick her azzzzz...
14 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
privateer 6/16/2025 9:44:43 AM (No. 1964930)
But was it close-captioned in American?
2 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
BarryNo 6/16/2025 9:46:05 AM (No. 1964932)
Don't invite her to sing anywhere else. Also, whoever put up images of the Pride flag at the Met's stadium should be fired. In both places true patriotic Americans can chose to stay home rather than patronize people who don't appreciate the dream and promise of America.
America was founded to be a free, law-abiding nation where people joined in unity despite their different origins, with respect, dignity and tolerance. What do we get from Democrats and the Elites? Division, slavery, and other typical feudalistic garbage that we fought to escape from at the founding! The American dream still exists! It is there for anyone to grasp. But it takes hard work and humility to earn the respect of fellow Americans.
Who is an American? Everyone on Earth who follows the dream of its promise. You don't need to live in America, to be an American. Make your own Americas where you live. Let the Dream become the world's dream.
3 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
Red Ghost 6/16/2025 10:34:40 AM (No. 1964968)
That the crowd in that stadium did not drown her out with boos, shows just how cowed we have become. Imagine what would have happened in that stadium if this tart had pulled this stunt in the 1940s, 50s or 60s? I wouldn't have been pretty. The only thing more disgusting than the singer's performance was the NBC report. I look forward to the day when NBC, CBS, and ABC are bankrupt.
11 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
snakeoil 6/16/2025 10:44:49 AM (No. 1964980)
Remember the Alamo! Remember the Maine! Press 2 to hear the National Anthem in Sanskrit.
6 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
mc squared 6/16/2025 11:05:50 AM (No. 1964993)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848:
The U.S. government paid Mexico $15 million "in consideration of the extension acquired by the boundaries of the United States" and agreed to pay debts owed to American citizens by the Mexican government.$3.25 million (equivalent to $118.1 million today) in debts that Mexico owed to United States citizens.
3 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
paral04 6/16/2025 11:16:58 AM (No. 1965002)
If they want to live here, their language is English. Spanish is not the language of our country.
7 people like this.
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