Trump invites children's choir silenced at US Capitol for performing national anthem to sing at his next South Carolina rally

The elite Christian children's choir recently prevented from completing a performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" inside the U.S. Capitol has been invited by former President Donald Trump to sing at his next South Carolina rally.

Trump extended the invitation Tuesday, saying in a video shared on his Truth Social page, "Well I just want to say hello and pay my respects to a very talented group of people, the Rushingbrook Children's choir. I heard about what happened at the Capitol and that's a shame."

"It's really a serious thing to have an event like that — such a beautiful time in your lives and such an important time in your lives — to be interrupted in such a way, but we're going to have you in South Carolina and you're going to sing at a rally for us in front of tens of thousands of people," said Trump. "We're all going to have a great time together. We love our country."

Trump added, "Thank you for loving America."

TheBlaze previously reported that members of the Rushingbrook Children’s Choir filed into Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol on May 26 as part of a pre-arranged tour.

The Christian choir from South Carolina, whose members range in age from 7 to 17, had also been invited to perform a few patriotic songs in the hall, receiving the approval of South Carolina congressional representatives William Timmons and Joe Wilson as well as from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

Despite the blessing by the speaker's office and a number of the American people's representatives, the Capitol police reportedly conveyed an order via a guide to prevent the children from completing the third verse of the national anthem.

"I couldn’t believe that was happening, that they would stop the national anthem of all songs," the director of the choir, David Rasbach, told the Daily Signal.

An organizer for the event, Matthew Leys, claimed the reason for the order was that "singing the Anthem could be considered a form of protest."

Capitol police initially stated, "The Congressional staff member who was accompanying the group knew the rules, yet lied to the officers multiple times about having permission from various offices. The staffer put both the choir and our officers, who were simply doing their jobs, in an awkward and embarrassing position."

It turns out, however, it was not the staffer who lied.

The Capitol police subsequently stated it shut down the performance owing to a "miscommunication," having not been "aware that the Speaker’s Office had approved this performance," reported the Post and Courier.

In an updated statement, the Capitol police apologized "for this miscommunication that impacted their beautiful rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner and their visit to Capitol Hill."

Since having their voices squelched in the Capitol, the choir has been invited to sing on Fox News and NewsMax.

Rasbach told the Post and Courier that it has been an overwhelming time for the choir.

"We are all Christian people, and we know that all things work together for good for those who love the Lord," said Rasbach. "We’re just gob-smacked. We’re just a little choir of kids from Greenville who nobody knew anything about except Greenvillians who came to our concerts, and even then we never even had full houses. And now we’re performing on national news."

Rasbach called Trump's invitation "quite an honor," stressing "I wouldn’t even think of turning him down."

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