(AP) — A Republican legislator in Kansas criticized a Black Lives Matter supporter's protest while singing the national anthem by posting on Facebook that she should go back "home," then said Tuesday he was defending the military and the American flag. Go back to where you claim home," Seiwert's post said, later adding, "so if they don't like it here, I believe that their freedom completely allows them to go where ever they believe is more fair and non racist. Lawrence, who is black, knelt to sing the national anthem before an NBA preseason game Friday in Miami. Beck, who also is white, said Seiwert's posting was offensive because during the civil rights movement, "go home to Africa" was a racial slur.