Jewel Apologizes After Performing At Inauguration For Donald Trump’s Health Secretary Pick RFK Jr.: “I Am So Sorry That I Caused Pain”
deadline.comJewel apologizes to her fans and the LGBTQIA+ community after performing at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s inauguration ball. The “Intuition” singer took to social media to address her fans following an appearance at an event in honor of Donald Trump‘s pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. “I am so sorry that I caused pain,” she said in the Instagram video posted on Friday, January 24. “Especially in my LGBTQIA+ community because you guys are treasures.
You make the world a better place. You’ve made my life a better place. And I will not stop fighting.” In the days that Trump has taken office, he has taken aim at communities like the LGBTQIA+ by banning pride flags to be flown at U.S.
government facilities, both at home and abroad. During his inauguration speech after being sworn in, Trump also took a shot at the trans community by calling for the federal government to define sex as only being male or female.
Jewel noted in her apology that she belives that “the only way we change is in relationship. It isn’t in isolation or by isolating.
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