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DENVER—Barack Obama says there’s only one national anthem, and a Denver jazz performer should have sung it when she was asked to, instead of another song sometimes called the black national anthem.
Rene Marie set off a wave of criticism when she sang the words to “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” instead of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a city function this week.
Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, told the Rocky Mountain News on Thursday that “Lift Ev’ry Voice” is a beautiful song but Marie should have stuck with the national anthem.
Obama made his comments while en route to North Dakota after a campaign stop in Colorado Springs on Wednesday.
