she was soliciting donation tound her trip around the world to run
Gwen Berry staged a protest on the podium at the Olympic trials on Sunday
The 31-year-old hammer thrower turned her back on the flag and anthem
On Wednesday an old photo of Berry happily posing with the flag went viral
'Totally not all an act!' tweeted Trump Jr as people accused her of seeking fame
The photo was posted to her website in a June 2015 blog post
Berry's website has since been taken down
She has faced previous bans from the sport for her activism but has continued
Berry claims third verse of anthem is racist - its meaning is disputed
An old photo of hammer thrower Gwen Berry smiling with the U.S. flag has gone viral after she courted controversy on Sunday by turning her back on the Stars and Stripes during Olympic trials.
Berry, 31, is seen in the undated photo - posted to her website in June 2015 - beaming as she holds aloft the flag.
Critics pounced on the image, claiming it showed Berry was a fraud who only staged her protest on Sunday to raise her profile.
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SIC SEMPER TYRRANIS
THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SAID NO GUNS BECAUSE OF POLICE NOW WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE!!!!
Dr Thaddeus They
They don't really care whether the truth gets out, because the public no longer knows what's meant by "the truth."
Well, I mean, no one can tell the difference anymore between what's real and what's fake.
Anyway, the point is, I can tell you all of this, right out in the open, because it doesn't matter who knows about it. They won't know whether to believe it or not.-
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A gun is a tool, Marion, no better or no worse than any other tool, an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.
-SHANE-
Jefferson Smith: You see, boys forget what their country means by just reading The Land of the Free in history books. Then they get to be men they forget even more. Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books, Miss Saunders. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say: I'm free to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn't, I can, and my children will. Boys ought to grow up remembering that . - MR Smith Goes To Washington-
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My oath to support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic has no expiration date!!!
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