Throughout a latest live performance, in Boston, Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey criticized President Donald J. Trump and X proprietor Elon Musk whereas additionally calling out an attendee who was carrying a white “Make America Nice Once more” hat. In line with footage, shared by the band online, Casey referred to as the black model of the “MAGA” hat, worn and popularized by Musk, the “Elon Musk true Nazi version,” whereas additionally suggesting that the president’s supporters are in a “cult.” As well as, he exclaimed, “That is America. There’s no kings right here!”
The incident has led to speculation and reporting that Dropkick Murphys had been banned from X as a consequence of Casey’s feedback and broadly left-leaning, anti-Trump political beliefs. And, whereas @dropkickmurphys is presently suspended from the Musk-owned platform previously often known as Twitter, the account has truly been gone for some time.
“We broke up with [Elon Musk] first,” Ken Casey stated in a press release shared with Pitchfork. “We stop Twitter in 2022 when he was solely half a Nazi.”
“Then another person took our deal with, pretending to be our official account, so we filed a authorized criticism to place a cease to that—which is why @dropkickmurphys exhibits as suspended,” Casey continued. “Look, we pulled our account as a result of we didn’t need to be a part of that man’s empire. But when we had been nonetheless on there, I’m positive he would have suspended us by now.”
Dropkick Murphys are amongst a swath of musicians to exit X because of the possession of Elon Musk, who has confronted latest criticism for, amongst different issues, making a gesture at a Trump inauguration occasion that “regarded rather a lot just like the salute utilized in Nazi Germany and fascist Italy,” as The New York Times described it. Others who’ve boycotted X embrace Jack White, Neil Young, and 9 Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor.
