Pharrell Sent Trump Cease-And-Desist Letter For Playing ‘Happy’ After Synagogue Shooting
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Attorneys for Pharrell Williams sent President Donald Trump a “cease and desist” letter denouncing the use of the artist’s song “Happy” at an event Trump headlined on Saturday, mere hours after the deadly mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
“On the day of the mass murder of 11 human beings at the hands of a deranged ‘nationalist,’ you played his song ‘Happy’ to a crowd at a political event,” read the letter sent Monday, first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. “There was nothing ‘happy’ about the tragedy inflicted upon our country on Saturday and no permission was granted for your use of this song.”
On Saturday, a gunman shot up a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 people in what is likely the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. The suspect , 46-year-old Robert Bowers, had a history of posting racist and anti-Jewish statements online and reportedly yelled during the attack, “All Jews must die.”
After the attack, Trump called out the “evil Anti-Semitic attack” as an “assault on humanity.” Later that day, the president went ahead with plans to attend two events, a Future Farmers of America Convention in Indiana ― where he joked about having a “bad hair day” ― and a rally in Murphysboro, Illinois.
The letter from Pharrell’s lawyers said the artist “has not and will not” allow Trump to “publicly” play “any of his music” and asked that he “cease and desist from any further unauthorized use.”
Pharrell isn’t the first artist to demand their songs not be played at Trump’s events. In 2016, British rock band Queen denounced the Republican National Convention’s use of their song “We Are the Champions” to introduce then-nominee Trump. And earlier this year, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith also sent a letter demanding the president stop playing the band’s songs at rallies.
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Trump, The King of Vulgaria, is entirely charm and class free...
Donald Trump continues trolling the country on behalf of its most deplorable, despicable, and contemptible citizens.
Hey - you didn't even mention Stalin. Congratulations. Baby steps ...
If there was one song , or a list of five songs you would make sure you never played for a crowd after a mass murder, I think "Happy" would be on that list. The incompetence and ignorance of the Trump crowd is a growing legend.
Let's face it - happy pretty well describes how Trump's base of deplorables feels about dead Jews.
Wrong Evangelicals are major supporters of Jews and Israel. Any Christian who doesn’t is rebelling against God
why would evangelicals support any people that won't be admitted to gods kingdom, according to the warped dogma of born again evangelicalism?
Does the phrase "Jews will not replace us" ring a bell?
Why would any Evangelicals support a party that wants taxpayer funded abortions up to the moment of delivery, sexual perversion as normal and good, communist forced redistribution of wealth, and enslavement to the state?
No because no Christian would ever make such a statement
deflection when there is no answer?
There isn't a Trump supporter alive that wouldn't warmly welcome a building full of racists into the Trump voting booth.
By the way, anyone who believes Jesus is the son of God, born of a virgin, and died for our sins IS A CHRISTIAN. That's it. If they also happen to believe that Jews, blacks, Muslims, etc. are subhuman, that doesn't make them any less Christian.
The 2016 Dem platform call for repeal of the Hyde Amendment
None of what you said is true including the definition of a Christian
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Oh, you must have mistaken me for someone who reads scripture, much less gives a rat's ass about what it says.
Then you shouldn’t lie and be shown to be wrong
I didn't. Christians believe what I said. If someone like you were given the authority to define what a "real Christian" is, Christianity would become the smallest religion in the world.
Why do you get to define the true definition of a christian? From where I sit, the recent actions of evangelicals and self proclaimed 'christians' speak volumes about their true values. The ends justify the means. No matter what supposed moral values they say they hold, throwing them out is easy as long as they get political or monetary gain. (Jesus would be stumping for Trump according to them).
No thanks.
I have made no private definition. I’ve only cited what Jesus and the Apostles said defines a true Christian
Lol. Christianity happened after Jesus died (provided you think Jesus was an actual person). I thought you knew that much.