There is growing outrage over calls by activists, historians and journalists to replace The Star Spangled Banner as the national anthem because it was written by slave owner Francis Scott Key, and potentially replace it with John Lennon's Imagine. It became the national anthem in 1931. 'And yet, we celebrate him with this national anthem, every time we sing it. Among those who tweeted was journalist Yashar Ali who called the Yahoo article 'stupid'Among critics was Megyn Kelly who tweeted: 'And...there goes the national anthem.' Others said: 'They want to remove the National Anthem and the Flag is next.

Source: Daily Mail June 25, 2020 19:47 UTC