Author: Chris Jordan / Source: USA TODAY
An estimated 100 protesters marched on Washington Street in downtown Toms River on Thursday night, in support of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s criminal investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and the 2016 campaign of President Donald Trump. Erik Larsen
In the beginning of 2017, Bruce Springsteen proclaimed himself and the E Street Band to be part of the “new American resistance” to the presidency of Donald Trump at a show in Perth, Australia.
He’s still a part of the resistance to the Trump presidency, judging by comments he made in a new interview with Esquire. Springsteen does not like what he perceives to be Trump’s intent to pit groups of Americans against each other.
The Boss is not pulling any punches.
“(Trump) has no interest in uniting the country, really, and actually has an interest in doing the opposite and dividing us, which he does on an almost daily basis,” Springsteen said. “So that’s simply a crime against humanity, as far as I’m concerned. It’s an awful, awful message to send out into the world if you’re in that job and in that position.
It’s just an ugly, awful message. You are intentionally trying to disenfranchise a large portion of Americans. I mean, you are simply . . . that’s unforgivable.”The Boss criticizes Trump, but not by name, in “Springsteen on Broadway.” It’s the only part of the music play that does not adhere to his memoir, “Born to Run.”
“And then there’s just the rise of — whether it’s the alt-right or the folks who were marching in Charlottesville with their tiki torches and all of that coming to the fore again, you know? Which our president was more than happy to play…
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