Given that just about any silly petition can make a cameo on the White House’s website, it takes someone special to get one removed.
Beyoncé is that kind of special.
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The White House has taken down a petition from its “We the People” site that had called for the popstar to be “disinvited” from performing the national anthem at President Barack Obama’s Inauguration ceremony because of her relationship with the soft drink Pepsi.
Beyoncé, who has inked a $50 million deal with PepsiCo, is a longtime Obama surrogate, having both hosted fundraisers for the president alongside her husband, Jay-Z, and partnered with the first lady on her “Let’s Move!” campaign.
The White House, however, insists that it’s not a matter of sparing an Obama advocate embarrassment, telling the blog Obama Foodorama that it was removed because the Inauguration is “not something the White House actually has jurisdiction over.” (The Inauguration is run by the Presidential Inaugural Committee.)
