The Trump administration called Bruce Springsteen’s new Minneapolis protest song “irrelevant” and “inaccurate” ― and lectured reporters on how to do their job.
Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis” on Wednesday, blasting “King Trump” and the “dirty lies” of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Trump immigration adviser Stephen Miller. The administration painted Renee Good and Alex Pretti, the two citizens shot dead by federal officers, as instigators even though videos of the incidents told a different story.
“The Trump Administration is focused on encouraging state and local Democrats to work with federal law enforcement officers on removing dangerous criminal illegal aliens from their communities — not random songs with irrelevant opinions and inaccurate information,” the White House said in a statement issued by spokesperson Abigail Jackson. “The media should cover how Democrats have refused to work with the Administration, and instead, opted to provide sanctuary for these criminal illegals.”
Springsteen had already accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement of “Gestapo tactics” in its hunt for migrants and demanded that federal agents “get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
