Dropkick Murphys Suspended From X After Singer Calls Trump a ‘Rat and a Coward’ and Slams Elon Musk

variety.com:

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music In a move more characteristic of autocratic regimes like Russia and China than the United States, the long-running Boston band the Dropkick Murphys have had their account on X (formerly Twitter) suspended, after a series of aggressive comments directed at President Donald Trump, his sidekick Elon Musk — who acquired the company in 2022 — and their followers.

The band’s singer, Ken Casey, has a long history of going after Trump, but after a series of comments directed toward MAGA supporters at the band’s concerts and, most recently, an interview on the left-leaning news platform MedasTouch, the group found its account suspended late Monday. “One other thing Dropkick Murphys has always been about is a lot of songs about standing with your friends and family and the things you believe in, whether it’s politics, or just how you were raised,” Casey said on MeidasTouch. “And Donald Trump is the exact opposite of everything we sing about. “He’s turned on his friends.

He’s turned on America’s friends and our allies. He’s a rat and a coward when you think of it that way. America shouldn’t be turning on our allies,” he concluded.

See the interview here, and the concert footage below. A post shared by DROPKICK MURPHYS (@dropkickmurphys) Casey has been making comments directed at MAGA supporters who attended the band’s concerts — presumably attracted by their aggressive form of rock — for several weeks.