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On Monday, Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade sat down with kindergarten student Daniel Mitchell to discuss how his principal swapped out the song "God Bless the USA" for something a bit more contemporary: Justin Bieber's "Baby."
The principal, Kilmeade explained, banned "God Bless the USA" because she felt it was "too grown-up" for the young children to sing at their "moving up" ceremony, particularly a line about starting over with one's children and wife.
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Luz Lozada, Daniel's mom, told Kilmeade she doesn't understand why "God Bless the USA" would be replaced by "Baby," of all things, a song about "teenage love." The highlight of the segment (in your editor's humble opinion) was when Kilmeade read out choice lyrics from the pop song — "Are we an item? / Girl, quit playin'" — before turning to the kindergartener and asking "Can you believe that, Daniel?"
Little Daniel — visibly delighted to be on TV — listened, smiling, as the song's writer, country singer, Lee Greenwood, explained he believes the school had an issue because the educator in question is a Jehovah's Witness and, as such, "her religion prevents her from saluting the flag." But, as Greenwood sees it, "there's a difference between allegiance and worship." Daniel's mom nodded in agreement.
Daniel then sang a lovely — and quite serious — rendition of "God Bless the USA" for Kilmeade.
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