Enes Kanter Freedom gets standing ovation, awarded 'Most Valuable Patriot' at Fox Nation's Patriot Awards
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NBA sensation Enes Kanter Freedom received multiple standing ovations during Fox Nation's Patriot Awards after being named the 2022 'Most Valuable Patriot.'
"I cannot thank you guys enough," Kanter said upon receiving the award, given to him by Fox & Friends co-hosts Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt, and Brian Kilmeade. "I'm really honored and humbled to be here." Bailee Hill is an associate editor with Fox News Digital. Story ideas can be sent to bailee.hill@fox.com
Freedom soon recalled a moment that shocked him as a child, prompting him to open his mind to the West, and even eventually to love the United States of America.
He told a live and enthusiastic audience at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino that, growing up in Turkey, anti-West sentiment was rampant. He cited a story in which his friends encouraged him to burn American flags and crosses, something he said was commonplace.