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Singer Waves Pride Flag During National Anthem at Warriors Game

4 sources · updated 2026-11-08
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What happened

On Nov. 6, 2026, before a Golden State Warriors home game against the Miami Heat at Chase Center, singer Jason Brock (identified in one report as Jason Broccoli) performed the national anthem as part of the team’s Pride Night and waved a small Pride flag at the lyric “what so proudly we hailed.” Broadcast cameras showed Warriors players Charles Bassey and De’Anthony Melton appearing to laugh during the performance; reports do not establish why. Brock later said on X that he had not been watching the players and did not interpret their laughter as a reaction to the anthem. Neither the Warriors nor the NBA had commented at the time the accounts were published.
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BLINDSPOT. Only right-leaning outlets are covering this story — the other side's media is silent.
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Unpacked

The story is absent from left-leaning coverage, so the event itself is the gap. Right-leaning coverage reports that a gay singer waved a small Pride flag while performing the national anthem at Golden State Warriors Pride Night, before a game against the Miami Heat, and that players were seen laughing. Fox News calls the display "disrespectful". A reader who saw only left-leaning outlets would not know the performance or the reaction took place. Right-leaning outlets also disagree on who sang. The name Jason Broccoli appears in Daily Wire, and Jason Brock in the Daily Caller. Daily Wire adds that it remains unclear whether the on-court laughter was even about the flag and that neither the Warriors nor the NBA had commented. Did the Warriors or the NBA approve waving a Pride flag during the anthem?
Bottom line

Anyone following only left-leaning news would miss a Pride flag during the Warriors national anthem, and even Daily Wire and the Daily Caller cannot agree whether the singer is Jason Broccoli or Jason Brock.

The receipts — 5 facts one side's coverage lacks
  • A gay singer waved a Pride flag while performing the national anthem at Golden State Warriors Pride Night individual casein Fox News, Daily Wire, Daily Caller · absent from left-leaning coverage
  • Warriors players Charles Bassey and De'Anthony Melton were seen laughing during the anthem individual casein Daily Wire · absent from left-leaning coverage
  • Neither the Warriors nor the NBA had responded to a request for comment official statementin Daily Wire · absent from left-leaning coverage
  • The singer elongated the word proud while producing a tiny Pride flag individual casein Daily Caller · absent from left-leaning coverage
  • The game was at Chase Center against the Miami Heat contextin Daily Wire, Daily Caller · absent from left-leaning coverage
The Right View
Fox News, The Daily Wire (via Sport & State), and the Daily Caller treated the performance as a disrespectful politicization of the national anthem. They described Brock as a gay singer who smiled, elongated “proud,” and waved a Pride flag at the lyric that refers to the American flag, and they presented player laughter and critical posts on X as evidence the gesture landed poorly. Coverage linked the moment to the Warriors’ Pride Night, to recent WNBA Finals games in which teams left the court during the anthem, and to Democratic midterm gains two days earlier, with Fox calling it the start of “Woke 3.0.” Fox later reported Brock’s X denial that the laughter was about the anthem, labeled the response tone-deaf, and argued the anthem should not be used for advocacy.
Our Take (balanced)
The core event is substantive: a named performer at a specific NBA game, with circulating video of a Pride flag during the anthem and of players appearing to laugh. Established facts are the flag-waving at a scheduled Pride Night and Brock’s later public comment. Unestablished are why the players laughed, whether the team or league approved the gesture, and even the singer’s exact name across reports. Claims that the act was “disrespectful,” a political “statement,” or proof of a new “woke” era are opinion, not verified fact. No left-leaning outlet has reported this. Watch for a Warriors or NBA statement, a consistent identification of the singer, and any confirmation of whether the flag was part of the Pride Night program.

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