Toronto fans boo US national anthem at WWE Elimination Chamber; Pat McAfee responds, calling Canada 'terrible'

Fans astatine WWE Elimination Chamber successful Toronto booed "The Star-Spangled Banner" up of the lawsuit Saturday night. 

American vocalist Elizabeth Irving performed the U.S. nationalist anthem arsenic a chorus of boos rained down. Irving besides sings the nationalist anthem up of Vancouver Canucks and Vancouver Whitecaps games. 

Star sports commentator Pat McAfee loudly lambasted the Canadian fans for booing, and the state arsenic a whole, successful effect during the Peacock broadcast. 

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"It benignant of sucks that it's successful the unspeakable state of Canada that booed our nationalist anthem to commencement this full thing," McAfee shouted astatine the broadcast table. 

Toronto's booing of the anthem comes a week aft hockey fans from some countries booed each other's anthems.

During the NHL's 4 Nations Face-Off accumulation tourney from Feb. 12-20, fans successful Canada booed the U.S. nationalist anthem portion fans successful the U.S. booed the Canadian nationalist anthem up of aggregate games. 

It started Feb. 13, erstwhile Canadian fans successful Montreal booed the U.S. nationalist anthem aft President Donald Trump's caller threats to enforce tariffs connected Canada portion besides suggesting the state should go America's 51st state.

The booing prompted a flurry of brawls betwixt Canadian and U.S. players successful the archetypal gathering of the tourney betwixt the 2 teams Feb. 15. The U.S. won that crippled 3-1. 

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The Canadian nationalist anthem was past booed astatine TD Garden successful Boston earlier a 4 Nations crippled betwixt Canada and Finland. 

The U.S. and Canada past met successful the last Feb. 20, and American fans successful Boston erstwhile again booed the Canadian nationalist anthem, albeit with a lighter tone. Canada won the crippled successful overtime, 3-2. 

Since then, hostile rhetoric betwixt the 2 countries, including successful sports, has lone escalated. 

Canadian men’s shot coach Jesse Marsch blasted Trump for his "51st state" remarks, calling them "insulting" Wednesday. 

During CONCACAF Nations League media time Wednesday, Marsch didn’t clasp backmost his sentiment connected Trump’s comments, saying helium was "ashamed" of however Canada was insulted by the president.  

"If I person 1 connection to our president, it’s laic disconnected the ridiculous rhetoric astir Canada being the 51st state," Marsch said. "As an American, I’m ashamed of the arrogance and disregard we’ve shown 1 of our historically oldest, strongest and astir loyal allies. But 1 thing’s for sure, erstwhile I look guardant a period from now, this volition substance our team. The mentality we have, the volition we person to play for our country."

NHL fable Wayne Gretzky has besides been criticized by chap Canadians for his evident enactment of Trump. 

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Trump precocious said helium asked Gretzky to go the adjacent "governor of Canada" aft Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced helium would beryllium resigning. 

But aft Gretzky expressed enactment for "Canada remaining a abstracted Country, alternatively than becoming a cherished and beauteous 51st State," Trump declared Gretzky a "free agent."

That prompted hockey fable Bobby Orr, a chap Canadian, to constitute successful the Toronto Sun that helium was disappointed to work disapproval astir Gretzky, idiosyncratic helium considers 1 of the "greatest Canadians ever."

"How fickle tin radical be, erstwhile idiosyncratic who has fixed truthful overmuch clip and effort to Canadian hockey is treated successful specified a way," Orr wrote. "Listen, we each person our idiosyncratic beliefs arsenic they pertain to things specified arsenic religion and politics. Wayne respects your close to specified beliefs – wherefore can’t you respect his?"

Janet Gretzky, Wayne's wife, work Orr's column, and she reacted connected societal media.

"Thank you Mr. Bobby Orr. Your words mean the satellite to Wayne and his household , one person ne'er met anyone who is much Proud to beryllium a Canadian and it has breached his bosom to work and spot the mean comments . . He would bash thing to marque Canadians Proud , with his Love for Hockey and his Country," Janet wrote successful an Instagram post successful which she shared Orr's column.

Trump agreed Feb. 3 to intermission tariffs for 30 days, which means they’re expected to beryllium imposed successful aboriginal March. The tariffs imposed connected Canada by Trump are a effect to cause trafficking astatine the U.S.-Canadian border. 

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