You mess with Beyoncé, you’re going to get sued – even in case you are Former President Donald Trump.
Issues aren’t trying so nice for Don proper now. The election is creeping ever nearer and his opponents numbers preserve creeping larger and better above his.
Naturally, together with his again towards the wall, his staff has been angling each which method to herald new supporters.
And what higher method to do this than to enlist the facility of the Beyhive and Swifties.
However Beyoncé’s staff is sending a really clear message to Trump & Co. :
Don’t. Even. Assume. About It!
Beyoncé’s Threatening Authorized Motion Towards Trump Over Marketing campaign Video
In the course of the week of the Democratic Nationwide Conference, Beyoncé’s staff threatened to ship a cease-and-desist to the Trump campaign after the former president posted a clip of her track “Freedom” in a video on social media.
A supply near Beyoncé advised Rolling Stone that the Trump marketing campaign “didn’t obtain permission to make use of the Lemonade observe within the 13-second video of Trump getting off a aircraft in Michigan” that Trump marketing campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung posted Tuesday, August 20.
Whereas breaking the information, the video was still up on Cheung’s X account regardless of Bey’s label issuing the cease-and-desist.
Trump, in the meantime, is infamous for utilizing music at his marketing campaign rallies with out the artists’ permission. Simply ask Celine Dion. Or the Rolling Stones. Or the Village Folks and Phil Collins and the estates of Sinead O’Connor, Tom Petty, Isaac Hayes…
Oh, and let’s not overlook, Trump made an enemy of the one different girl as highly effective as Beyonce proper now this week – Taylor Swift!
Will Taylor Swift Sue Trump As Nicely?
Each Bey and Tay have proper and cause to go after Trump legally.
And extra authorized drama is sort of the very last thing he wants proper now!
Nonetheless, after the GOP presidential nominee shared a number of photographs (most generated by synthetic intelligence) on his social media platform suggesting that the singer and her followers assist his marketing campaign, he would possibly discover himself in additional sizzling water.
One of many photographs truly portrayed Swift’s likeness in Uncle Sam-style style, accompanied by the textual content: “Taylor desires YOU to VOTE for DONALD TRUMP.” The previous president added: “I accept!”
Who Taylor Swift will endorse of President has been a sizzling subject ever since Kamala Harris took over the nomination from Joe Biden.
It feels pure that she’d put her large assist behind the primary girl to have an actual shot at being President, however Trump has been working desperatly to get Taylor on his aspect.
He is aware of, as all of us do, that whomever Taylor endorses, tens of millions of followers will observe her lead.
However let’s get again to Beyoncé.
Kamala Harris’ Unofficial Marketing campaign Tune
Maybe the opposite cause Beyoncé is miffed about Trump utilizing “Freedom” in his adverts – aside from, you recognize, the entire not asking factor – is that she’s given the honour of utilizing the track to his opponent.
First, it was followers who have been utilizing the observe to sign their assist for Kamala. Then, AFTER ASKING PERMISSION, Team Kamala and Tim Walz debited their new advert with “Freedom” taking part in within the background.
Actor Jeffrey Wright gives the narration to the stir marketing campaign:
“What sort of America do we wish?” he asks. “One the place we’re divided, offended, depressed? C’mon! We’re People! Fascism? We conquered it. The Moon? Landed on it. The longer term? Constructing it. Freedom? No one loves it extra.”
Sorry, Don! Seems such as you’ll have to stay with Kid Rock and Lee Greenwood.
