Hey, Bruce: The Democrats long ago abandoned the American workers of your lyrics — like roadkill
Bruce Springsteen hates Donald Trump. In other news, water is wet.
Last week, The Boss kicked off his 'Land of Hopes & Dreams Tour' in Manchester, England, by raging against our 47th president.
'In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treacherous government,' he said onstage about Jill and Joe Biden.
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I kid, of course.
8 Bruce Springsteen released an EP, recorded at a recent tour stop in Manchester, England, where he ranted against Donald Trump.
'They are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent,' Springsteen continued. 'They're abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators.'
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How amusing. Imagine having so many electrifying hits and so many fans of so many political stripes — and opting to play bombs from your Trump Derangement Syndrome catalog.
Why perform 'Jungleland' for the adoring masses when you can play the soliloquy 'Orange Man Bad' for yourself?
8 Springsteen and President Obama have long been buddies and even did a podcast together.
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And then, voila, on Wednesday he went and dropped an actual TDS EP, 'Land of Hopes and Dreams.' It features four live songs plus his Manchester Trump condemnation.
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How stunningly brave to lob missiles at the president from England, a country literally jailing people over social media posts. But never mind all that.
As WFAN producer Al Dukes — a self-described 'huge fan' of Springsteen — noted on X, the singer wouldn't dare get up on stage in the United States and take precious minutes from a performance with an anti-Trump rant, because he'd get booed back to the swamps of Jersey.
8 Bruce Springsteen endorsed Kamala Harris in a video and also played one of her campaign rallies.
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Springsteen has long been a slobbering sycophant for anyone with the letter D next to their name. After sucking up to Obama for years, he threw his support behind the incompetent Kamala Harris and was on the roster of clueless celebrities who performed or spoke at her rallies.
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But he doesn't usually do political messaging on stage for paying customers, which is a sound policy.
It's also one that's kept me, a righty who has always had to separate the artists from the art, coming back. Born and raised near the Jersey Shore — Springsteen's primordial soup — I was only 7 when I first saw him live. Since then, I've given The Boss more money than I want to admit. There's been many concerts, albums and concert albums.
While living lavishly on his tony Colts Neck spread, the iconic singer is still known for popping into local bars and working out at crappy chain gyms.
8 Back in October, Springsteen performed during a Kamala Harris rally.
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Yet he's clearly not speaking with real people on those field trips.
His party policed speech, glorified identity politics and let scores of criminals into the country. Voters have rejected the elitism he truly champions under his blue-collar costume.
Enough with the A-listers preaching to us little people from their private jets and mansions, they said.
Perhaps Springsteen is too busy texting Obama, but he's failed to notice that even his beloved Garden State has increasingly become red.
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Harris beat Trump by only 5 points — a whopping 10-point drop from Biden's victory in 2020.
8 Donald Trump responded to Springsteen's screed with this video of him hitting a golf ball…
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8 …which then appeared to bean Springsteen on the back, toppling.
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The Democrats long ago abandoned the American workers of Springsteen lyrics like road kill, and still view them as vile, stinky creatures, not valuable constituents.
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Yet The Boss is still carrying water for the party that has subverted democracy for the last three presidential elections — a party that propped up a decaying old man so a shadow administration could govern.
And he wants to lecture the side that said No to all that?
Spare me all the peace, love and inclusion.
A guy who never did a lick of labor but built his entire career on the lore of the grizzled working man, Springsteen remains stunningly out of touch with the temperature of the country.
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8 Obama presented the singer the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.
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He claims to be for the common man, but he's hopelessly partisan. Just ask poor old sad superfan Chris Christie, who begged for his idol's love for years but was always rebuffed — and skewered — by Springsteen because of party affiliation.
Meanwhile, Trump — a man not blessed with the gift of restraint — of course took the bait.
The president unloaded on X, writing, 'I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States. Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he's not a talented guy — Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST EVER President, who came close to destroying our Country.'
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8 Bruce Springsteen is a steadfast supporter of all things Democrat, but he is particularly close with Obama.
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Then he shared a video of himself swinging a club and the ball appearing to hit Springsteen on the back and knock him over.
It was unpresidential … but also funny. And, unintentionally, a nod to how ridiculous this bonfire of the boomer egos truly is.
Next time, Bruce, spare us the lecture. Stick to the hits.
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