Anthem singer who kneeled gets death threats

The national anthem singer who kneeled in protest at the Titans-Seahawks game earlier this week says she has gotten death threats calling her “un-American.”

Meghan Linsey, a country singer and former contestant on “The Voice,” took a knee after performing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Sunday’s game. 

“I feel like I did the right thing. I don’t have any regrets,” she told the Tennessean. 

Both teams remained in the locker room during the anthem.

Linsey said she has received hate mail from people telling her she hated the military and that they wished she would get cancer.

“It wasn’t a matter of standing against our flag or our military,” she said. “I was standing up for a cause that I believe in.”{mosads}

The kneeling protests began as a statement against racial inequality and police brutality.

After President Trump said the NFL should fire players who kneel, several athletes and officials fired back defending their rights to free speech. Hundreds of NFL players have knelt or linked arms during the national anthem over the past week, prompting further outrage from the president and from people who say the move is disrespectful to veterans and the flag.

Linsey said she thinks the threats are a testament to the political divisiveness that has become more “volatile” since the 2016 presidential election. She said she wants other country singers to use their platform to speak out for these causes.

“There’s a real problem in this country with social injustice and racism,” she said. “I think it’s going to take an army of people that are white and privileged to step up and say, ‘No, this is a real thing’ in order for change to happen.”