WASHINGTON (TND) — The singer Linda Ronstadt didn’t maintain again when criticizing former President Donald Trump earlier than his marketing campaign rally in Tucson Thursday night time.
In her assertion, which additionally endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, she mentioned she felt compelled to say one thing because the occasion might be held in a constructing along with her title on it.
“Donald Trump is holding a rally on Thursday in a rented corridor in my hometown, Tucson. I would favor to disregard that unhappy reality. However because the constructing has my title on it, I must say one thing,” she wrote. “It saddens me to see the previous President convey his hate present to Tucson, a city with deep Mexican-American roots and a joyful, tolerant spirit.”
She continued to slam Trump on a spread of points together with rape allegations, felony convictions in New York and his coverage as president that ripped aside migrant households on the southern border.
I don’t simply deplore his poisonous politics, his hatred of girls, immigrants and folks of shade, his criminality, dishonesty and ignorance — though there’s that,” she mentioned.For me it comes right down to this: In Nogales and throughout the southern border, the Trump Administration systematically ripped aside migrant households in search of asylum. Household separation made orphans of hundreds of little kids and infants, and brutalized their determined moms and dads. It stays a humanitarian disaster that Physicians for Human Rights mentioned met the standards for torture.
Ronstadt added, “there isn’t any forgiving or forgetting the heartbreak he induced.”
Her assertion ended along with her addressing Trump’s operating mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, for his touch upon “childless cat women.”
“I raised two adopted kids in Tucson as a single mother,” she wrote. “They’re each grown and residing in their very own homes. I reside with a cat. Am I half a childless cat woman as a result of I’m single and didn’t give delivery to my youngsters? Name me what you need, however this cat woman might be voting proudly in November for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.”
Ronstadt is the newest cultural determine to endorse Kamala Harris and denounce Trump’s insurance policies.
After the presidential debate Tuesday night time, Taylor Swift introduced her help for the vice chairman whereas signing off on her message as a “a childless cat woman.”
“I might be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz within the 2024 Presidential Election,” Swift wrote. “I’m voting for @kamalaharris as a result of she fights for the rights and causes I imagine want a warrior to champion them. I believe she is a steady-handed, gifted chief and I imagine we are able to accomplish a lot extra on this nation if we’re led by calm and never chaos.” She additionally praised Walz, a famous Swiftie, for his file of “standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a lady’s proper to her personal physique for many years.”
A number of artists have additionally sued Trump for utilizing their music throughout his presidential marketing campaign.
Most not too long ago The White Stripes filed a lawsuit againstthe GOP presidential nominee for utilizing “Seven Nation Military” in a since-deleted marketing campaign video.
Lead singer and guitarist Jack White posted about suing Trump on Instagram with a photograph of the entrance cowl of the swimsuit filed in New York District Court docket with the caption, “This machine sues fascists.”