Billie Joe Armstrong held up a Donald Trump masks with “fool” penned throughout it at Inexperienced Day’s politically charged Washington D.C. live performance.
The pop punk veterans performed the town on Monday (29.07.24), amid an intense time within the US as Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris battle it out to grow to be Joe Biden’s substitute.
While performing ‘American Fool’ at Nationals Park, Armstrong switched up the lyrics and sang: “I’m not part of the MAGA agenda” as an alternative of “I’m not part of a redneck agenda.”
Inexperienced Day have lengthy protested towards Trump.
Final yr, the group offered t-shirts emblazoned with the previous president’s mug shot to lift reduction funds for Maui hearth victims.
They recreated their 1997 ‘Nimrod’ album cowl however swapped out the photographs of Frederick Banting and Charles Finest, who co-discovered insulin, with Trump’s frowning face lined up with the title in a yellow circle.
Referencing their 1997 basic ‘Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)’, Armstrong and co captioned an image of the design on Instagram: “Good Riddance. The last word Nimrod shirt is obtainable for 72 hours solely. Restricted version shirt proceeds can be donated to @greatergoodmusiccharity, which brings meals to these affected by the Maui wildfires.”
In the meantime, Megan Thee Stallion simply declared we’re “about to make historical past” with the primary feminine Black president at Harris’ rally.
The ‘Scorching Woman Summer season’ rapper carried out a particular set on the VP’s Atlanta presidential rally on the Georgia State Convocation Middle on Tuesday (30.07.24), the place she rattled out a mashup of ‘Ladies In The Hood’, ‘Savage’, ‘Physique’ and ‘Mamushi’.
Seemingly referring to some US state’s management over girls’s our bodies by way of abortion legal guidelines, she instructed attendees: “Now I do know my girls within the crowd love their our bodies. If you wish to hold loving your our bodies, you already know who to vote for.”
Encouraging folks to vote for Harris over Donald Trump after Joe Biden stepped down as president, Megan later declared: “I’m so glad to be right here, Atlanta. We’re about to make historical past with the primary feminine President. The primary Black feminine President. Let’s get this carried out, Hotties.”
Former Migos star Quavo – whose late nephew and bandmate Takeoff was shot useless in 2022 – gave a speech on the occasion, the place he spoke in regards to the White Home Workplace of Gun Violence Prevention and Harris’ commitments to tackling gun violence within the US.
Harris launched her first full day of campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination final week, following Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 election race.