Basketball fans who attended a game of the Toronto Raptors on Sunday in their city continue with the new Canadian trend to boo the US national anthem in sports events against the United States. The fans of the only NBA Canadian franchise booed the famous The Star-Spanned Banner In the match against Los Angeles Clippers at the Scotiabank Arena to protest against the tariffs that the new president of the United States has imposed this week, Donald Trump.
Similar reactions exploded on Saturday night in the NHL games in Ottawa and Calgary, where the Senators and Flames faced the Minnesota Wild and the Detroit Red Wings, respectively. These matches occurred only a few hours after Donald Trump made his threat of imposing tariffs on Canada imports.
After the followers of the Raptors initially cheered the 15-year-old who sang the hymns, they booed her during her interpretation of The Star-Spangled Banner. In the end, boos and cheers were heard before the public exploded in applause by the Canadian anthem, Or Canada. Three of the five Raptors headlines are Americans and shared looks while the boos sounded. Sportsnet journalist Michael Grange, who was in the game, wrote in X that fans emphasized the word “free” of the Canadian anthem. The match ended with the Victoria de los Raptors for 115-108.
The eaves of the Raptors Garrett Temple, who is American, said that all the players were very aware of the reason after boos. “Yes, of course I realized,” he said. “The reaction [fue]’Wow’. And then you think why they boo. In the world there are many more important things than basketball. After all, we play in a stadium that is in Canada and they are Canadian citizens, so they have a certain feeling about the situation of commerce, tariffs. Those who booed simply what they think. ”
One of the Canadian players of the same team, Kelly Olynyk, also referred to Trump’s tariffs: “Obviously [los aranceles tienen] An impact on many people in this country and in this stadium. I have felt bad for the girl who sang, but they acclaimed her at the end, so I’ve glad. ”
On Saturday, Trump put tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico and China after stating that the three countries allow the entry of illegal immigrants and drugs in the US. The energy imported from Canada, including oil, natural gas and electricity, will be taxed with a 10%rate.
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