Kash Patel's girlfriend mercilessly mocked for 'murdering' National Anthem at Trump's fair

[LetMyPeopleVote]

This lady has bad taste and no talent

Kash Patel's girlfriend drew a torrent of mockery online after singing the national anthem at President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair on Wednesday night, with one viewer asking police to investigate a "murder" of the Star-Spangled Banner.

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Kash Patel's girlfriend drew a torrent of mockery online after singing the national anthem at President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair on Wednesday night, with one viewer asking police to investigate a "murder" of the Star-Spangled Banner.

Alexis Wilkins, 27, a Nashville-based aspiring country singer who began dating the 46-year-old FBI director in early 2023, performed the anthem before a sparse crowd on the National Mall, according to The Daily Beast. She announced the gig just one day before the event, and her top track on Spotify has about 520,000 streams, per Newsweek.

The crowd on the ground wasn't exactly buzzing.

"Oh, no… country music?" one attendee told CNN when asked if she was looking forward to the set. "Well, I think the Army band, and the choirs, they're gonna be really good," the woman added.

Online, the verdict was harsher. "She sounds like A DEAD CAT!!!!!" one commenter wrote, according to the. "Hello, D.C. police. I'd like to report a murder," another posted. "Yes, someone has viciously murdered the national anthem."

A fifth commenter invoked the lip-sync duo that bailed on the fair days earlier: "Wasn't Milli Vanilli available?" Milli Vanilli's Fab Morvan told CNN on June 1 that he was withdrawing because the event had "turned into a circus."

[Klarkashton]

1. Spare me this please.

[Ocelot II]

2. To be fair, it wasn't all that bad. It was in tune and unembellished,

basically country-style, but pitched too low, I think in E-flat, and she doesn't have enough power in her low register. Her voice got husky and almost disappeared on the low notes. But she probably couldn't have handled the high notes if it had been pitched higher; it sounded like she'd hit the top of her range. I'd say she's a competent, average singer in a music style I don't care for, and the gig should have gone to someone with a more powerful voice, but at least it wasn't Lara Trump.

[geojazz]

8. I agree!

[orthoclad]

10. Yeah, flawed story is a poor source

But this 18th century drinking song is truly hard to sing. Unless you're drunk.

[yardwork]

11. Step back a minute though.

This is the kickoff to our nation's 250th celebration. The national anthem should have been sung by a professional, well-known singer, not Kash Patel's girlfriend.

Whether it was competently done or not, it's a disgrace.

[Ocelot II]

12. Of course. That gig should have gone to a solid professional, but they couldn't find anybody

who wanted to do it. So they hired Patel's girlfriend because she's Patel's girlfriend and she can carry a tune. I'm just pointing out that she wasn't at all terrible, as was claimed - but the gig, which was really an honor, should have been given to someone who was better than just not terrible.

[hlthe2b]

3. I've certainly heard worse... Just to be fair, it wasn't as bad as described

Her added country twang isn't my thing, but at least she could carry a tune, I guess.

[lame54]

4. Was Roseanne not available?

[C_U_L8R]

5. Everywhere I look, I see scenes from Citizen Kane.

What the hell kinda timeline are we on? The Orson Wells Channel?

[Blue Owl]

6. She needs to keep her yap shut

[Norrrm]

7. 27 aspiring and a 46 y/o boozer with power.... Maybe I'm missing something.

[purr-rat beauty]

9. It's not the singing

It's the corruption, exploitation, financial rip-off of our nation's 250th