Coca Cola’s Super Bowl ad, featuring a multilingual version of “America the Beautiful,” upset some right-wingers who apparently feel that the patriotic song should only be sung in English.

Former Representative Allen West wrote on his blog:

I’m watching the Super Bowl, looks like good defense (Seattle) is trouncing good offense (Denver) when a Coca Cola commercial came on and it started rather patriotically with the words of “America the Beautiful.” Then the words went from English to languages I didn’t recognize.

… I am quite sure there may some who appreciated the commercial, but Coca Cola missed the mark in my opinion. If we cannot be proud enough as a country to sing “American the Beautiful” in English in a commercial during the Super Bowl, by a company as American as they come — doggone we are on the road to perdition. This was a truly disturbing commercial for me, what say you?

And Todd Starnes, a Fox News host, wrote on Twitter: “So was Coca-Cola saying America is beautiful because new immigrants don’t learn to speak English?”

He added: “Coca Cola is the official soft drink of illegals crossing the border. #americaisbeautiful”

So was Coca-Cola saying America is beautiful because new immigrants don’t learn to speak English? — toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) 3 Feb 14