{"id":778915,"date":"2026-07-23T01:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/778915\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T01:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T01:04:18","slug":"older-man-slaps-fan-at-cubs-game-for-not-standing-for-national-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/778915\/","title":{"rendered":"Older man slaps fan at Cubs game for not standing for national anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An older man at a recent Cubs game took issue with a younger fan choosing to remain seated during the national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>A video shared to X that has gone viral shows an older man yelling \u201cget up\u201d to a younger man who was looking up at him during the anthem performance by the Jersey Girls at Sunday\u2019s game at Wrigley Field between the Cubs and Twins.<\/p>\n<p>The man then leaned down to whisper something in the seated man\u2019s ear before smacking him in the back of the head. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.59130435;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40042479\" width=\"349\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-20-202643.png\" alt=\"A fan at a Cubs fan made go slapping a young man for not standing during the national anthem. \" class=\"wp-image-40042479\"  \/>A fan at a Cubs game made good on slapping a young <br \/>man for not standing during the national anthem. @libornormal\/X<\/p>\n<p>The younger man then stood up as onlookers turned to catch sight of what was going on, appearing surprised.<\/p>\n<p>The older man said \u201cThank you, thank you so much young man\u201d after the young fan followed his demand.<\/p>\n<p>The video, which has reached over two million views, sparked debate in the replies, much like many anthem-related moments at sporting events have in the past. <\/p>\n<p>Some defended the older man\u2019s actions, holding the opinion that choosing to sit is disrespectful to the country, while others said he took things too far and striking someone over a decision they rightfully made was not the right call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks like no one standing around had a problem with this love tap reminding the dude, in case he forgot to show respect for our country,\u201d one person commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s his right to sit,\u201d another countered. \u201cThat\u2019s what this country is about, freedom. He\u2019s still a d\u2013he but this ain\u2019t a dictatorship, either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.55990783;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40042454\" width=\"243\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-20-202922.png\" alt=\"A fan at a Cubs fan made go slapping a young man for not standing during the national anthem. \" class=\"wp-image-40042454\"  \/>A fan at a Cubs game made good on <br \/>slapping a young man for not standing <br \/>during the national anthem.<br \/>@libornormal\/X<\/p>\n<p>Added another: \u201cHe shouldn\u2019t have slapped the kid. Unless the kid was his grandson, nephew or such, and Pops was administering a respect lesson, keep your hands to yourself. Acceptance of such small acts leads up the ladder to bigger ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As online debate continued to rage, legal experts noted that such an action can constitute battery under certain circumstances. <\/p>\n<p>Charges depend on the facts of individual cases.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday, it seems the incident will fade into memory, but it remains to be seen whether further action is taken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An older man at a recent Cubs game took issue with a younger fan choosing to remain seated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[479,363,87886,99],"class_list":["post-778915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-mlb","tag-national-anthem","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}