President Donald Trump will not be but completed sparring on-line with Bruce Springsteen.
On Monday, the president took to Fact Social to demand an investigation into Springsteen, Bono, Beyonce and Oprah Winfrey, all of whom he accused of accepting marketing campaign cash to endorse and carry out for 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
“HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT?” Trump wrote in all caps. “WHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN OF HERS? ISN’T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION? WHAT ABOUT BEYONCE? … AND HOW MUCH WENT TO OPRAH, AND BONO???
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“I’m going to name for a serious investigation into this matter,” he continued. “Candidates aren’t allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, underneath the guise of paying for leisure. As well as, this was a really costly and determined effort to artificially construct up her sparse crowds. IT’S NOT LEGAL! For these unpatriotic ‘entertainers,’ this was only a CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL strategy to capitalize on a damaged system. Thanks on your consideration to this matter!!!”
Winfrey beforehand rejected accusations that she personally accepted cash from the Harris marketing campaign, explaining to Selection final November that the $1 million spent by the marketing campaign on September’s “Unite for America” livestream rally went to Harpo Productions’ manufacturing charges. Beyonce’s mom, Tina Knowles, additionally squashed rumors that her daughter had accepted $10 million to talk at a Harris rally in her hometown of Houston final October, calling the experiences “false info” and clarifying that “Beyonce didn’t obtain a penny” for talking on the rally.
How Did the Trump-Springsteen Feud Begin?
The confrontation between Springsteen and Trump started final Wednesday throughout Springsteen’s tour kickoff in Manchester, England. The Boss slammed Trump’s “corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration” and referred to as on “all who imagine in democracy and one of the best of our American expertise to rise with us, elevate your voices in opposition to authoritarianism and let freedom ring.”
Trump, in flip, responded to Springsteen on Friday by way of Fact Social, referring to him variously as “a dried up prune of a rocker” and a “pushy, obnoxious JERK.” He added that Springsteen “should KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT till he will get again into the Nation, that’s simply ‘normal fare.’ Then we’ll all see the way it goes for him!”
Pearl Jam Echoes Springsteen’s Anti-Trump Sentiment at Pittsburgh Present
Springsteen wasn’t the one rocker to denounce Trump from the stage this week. Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder additionally slammed the president through the band’s Sunday present in Pittsburgh earlier than overlaying Neil Younger’s “Rockin’ within the Free World.” The frontman praised Springsteen as a “hero” for declaring that “residents are being eliminated off America’s streets and being deported with out due course of” and that the USA is “abandoning our longtime allies across the globe and signing on with dictators,” amongst different wrongs.
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“I convey it up as a result of [Trump’s] response to all that … had nothing to do with the problems,” Vedder mentioned. “All that we heard was private assaults and threats that no person else ought to even attempt to use their microphone or use their voice in public or they are going to be shut down. Now that’s not allowed on this nation that we name America. Am I proper or am I mistaken?”
From scrappy Dylan disciple to one of many main singer-songwriters of his era, the Boss’ catalog contains each massive and small statements of function.
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