In a new video for National Review, editor in chief Rich Lowry lists the five reasons why “God Bless America” singer Kate Smith shouldn’t be condemned.

“The New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Flyers have both banned renditions of Kate Smith’s ‘God Bless America’ over the discovery of some offensive lyrics in songs of hers from the 1930s,” Lowry says. “This farcical episode should destroy the reputations of a lot of people, just not that of Kate Smith. ”

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