Johnny Marr Denounces Donald Trump’s Use of the Smiths Song at Campaign Rally: ‘Consider This S— Shut Down’
variety.comEllise Shafer Heaven knows Johnny Marr is miserable now after Donald Trump played a Smiths song before a campaign rally. A video posted by ABC presidential campaign reporter Soorin Kim on X, formerly known as Twitter, showed the Smiths‘ “Hatful of Hollow” hit “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want” playing during a Trump rally in South Dakota back in September.
The band’s former guitarist took to the platform on Tuesday night to denounce the use of the song, writing: “Ahh…right…OK. I never in a million years would’ve thought this could come to pass.
Consider this shit shut right down right now.” Trump, who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, is running for a second term despite having been impeached twice and indicted in several states on felony counts including falsifying business records, mishandling classified documents, conspiracy and racketeering.
On Tuesday night, Trump won the New Hampshire Primary, taking him one step closer to being nominated by the Republican Party as its presidential candidate.
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