Mumford & Sons Co-Founder Says He’s Leaving To “Speak Freely” On Political Issues
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deadline.comA founding member of the English folk rock act Mumford & Sons said today in a Medium post that he’s leaving the band in order to avoid tainting them with his personal political opinions.Winston Marshall created a firestorm on social media in March when he tweeted support for journalist Andy Ngo’s book Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy, which examines the radical leftist group’s history and tactics.The guitarist and banjo player subsequently took a brief break from the band in March.
Although he says his group had “invited me to continue with them,” he has now decided to leave so that he could “speak freely without them suffering the consequences.”Marshall insisted that he was not endorsing the far right by praising
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