Jack White rips Trump campaign for posting band's song: 'Don't even think about using my music you fascists'
Jack White is blasting former President Trump's campaign and threatening a lawsuit after an aide to the former president posted a clip that featured a song by The White Stripes.
"Oh….Don't even think about using my music you fascists," White wrote Thursday on Instagram.
"Law suit coming from my lawyers about this (to add to your five thousand others,)" White, one-half of the rock duo The White Stripes, wrote to his nearly 700,000 followers.
The legal threat came after Margo Martin, Trump's deputy director of communications, posted a video clip of the 45th president ascending the stairs of an airplane on his way to rallies in swing states Michigan and Wisconsin. As he walked up the stairs, the opening riff of The White Stripes's 2003 hit "Seven Nation Army" played in the background.
"Have a great day at work today Margo Martin," White, 49, said.
Martin didn't immediately respond to ITK's request for comment, and the post on the social platform featuring The White Stripes song appeared to have been removed Thursday afternoon.
White also ripped Trump for a controversy involving the ex-commander in chief's visit earlier this week during a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. An Army spokesperson said Thursday that an employee who was trying to enforce rules prohibiting political activities on cemetery grounds was pushed aside in an altercation that reportedly involved two members of Trump's campaign staff.
"And as long as I'm here, a double f‑‑‑ you DonOLD for insulting our nation's veterans at Arlington you scum," White said.
"You should lose every military family's vote immediately from that if ANYTHING makes sense anymore," the musician said.
It's far from the first time that a performer has contested the use of their music by Trump's campaign. Last week, the Foo Fighters said they did not give permission for the Trump campaign to use their song "My Hero" during a campaign rally. In a statement to The Hill, the band's spokesperson said any royalties earned from the song would be donated to Vice President Harris's campaign.
Earlier this month, Celine Dion distanced herself from Trump's campaign after her famed song "My Heart Will Go On" was played at the former president's rally in Montana.
"In no way is this use authorized and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use... and really, THAT song?" a statement posted on Dion's Instagram account said of the mega-hit featured in 1997's "Titanic."
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