REVEALED: Foo Fighters falsely claimed Trump used their ‘My Hero’ song to introduce RFK Jr. without permission
“We have a license to play the song.”
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“We have a license to play the song.”
The epic moment when President Donald Trump introduced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to his supporters in Phoenix was marked by the Foo Fighter's iconic track "My Hero." Kennedy suspended his presidential campaign on Friday and endorsed Trump. As pyrotechnics shot into the air and the two men shook hands before the packed house at the Turning Point Action event, the lyrics of the song played. The Foo Fighters announced on X that they'd never authorized the song for use by the Trump campaign. The Trump campaign responded, saying that the campaign had indeed licensed the song using BMI's Songview service.
In a post, from Wu Tang is for the Children, the Foo Fighters were asked "did you let Trump use 'My Hero' to welcome RFK Jr. on stage"? The response came back "No," and was then followed up with a post from the band saying "Let us be clear."
The Independent, however, reviewed "documents appearing to confirm that hte campaign had indeed licensed the song from BMI's Songview service." A campaign spokesperson told the outlet that "We have a license to play the song."
"It’s Times Like These facts matter, don’t be a Pretender," said Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung on X, tagging Foo Fighters.
https://twitter.com/TheStevenCheung/status/1827525051073106313
For their part, Foo Fighters told The Independent "Foo Fighters were not asked permission, and if they were, they would not have granted it." The band went on to say that "appropriate actions are being taken" against the campaign and that Foo Fighters will donate royalties made from the campaign's use of the song to Trump's opponent Kamala Harris.
Many on X launched their own backlash against Foo Fighters, a band led by Dave Grohl. The band has also faced backlash for requiring that their concert-goers all get Covid vaxxed before allowing them to enter venues where the band is playing. Political commentator and musician Tim Pool asked "Hey Foo Fighters, Why you lying?" Before saying "Just for that I'm going to cover everlong."
The band has also faced backlash for requiring that their concert-goers all get Covid vaxxed before allowing them to enter venues where the band is playing.
"There goes my hero, Watch him as he goes, There goes my hero, He's ordinary," the words rang out amid cheers as Kennedy met Trump on stage. The use of the song added energy to an already electric event in which Kennedy and Trump joined forces and Kennedy urged his supporters in swing states to shift their votes for Trump, who has promised Kennedy a place in his administration.
The two men are aligned on the issue of government corruption, which both of them have vowed to deal with should they win. Trump also promised to create a commission on presidential assassinations and to release all classified documents on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, RFK Jr.'s uncle. The Kennedy family, long-standing Democrats, objected to Kennedy's endorsement of Trump.
https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1827010959493218405
Democrats have gone to great lengths to prevent Kennedy from winning or from even running a successful campaign. This was, in part, what led Kennedy to back Trump. In an interview, Kennedy's running mate Nicole Shanahan said that Democrats used lawfare, campaign infiltration, and other means to "sabotage" their efforts to seek office.
https://twitter.com/tpostmillennial/status/1826007510819684374
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