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 sporting a white “Make America Nice Once more” hat. In line with footage, shared by the band on-line, Casey known 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 hypothesis and reporting that Dropkick Murphys had been banned from X as a result of Casey’s feedback and broadly left-leaning, anti-Trump political opinions. And, whereas @dropkickmurphys is at present suspended from the Musk-owned platform previously referred to as Twitter, the account has truly been gone for some time.
“We broke up with [Elon Musk] first,” Ken Casey stated in an announcement shared with Pitchfork. “We give up 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 grievance 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 wish to be a part of that man’s empire. But when we had been nonetheless on there, I’m certain he would have suspended us by now.”
Dropkick Murphys are amongst a swath of musicians to exit X as a result of possession of Elon Musk, who has confronted latest criticism for, amongst different issues, making a gesture at a Trump inauguration occasion that “appeared lots just like the salute utilized in Nazi Germany and fascist Italy,” as The New York Instances described it. Others who’ve boycotted X embrace Jack White, Neil Younger, and 9 Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor.