Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the presidency has a soundtrack: Beyoncé’s “Freedom.” The song played as the leading Democratic presidential candidate took the stage in her first visit to her Wilmington, Del., campaign headquarters and again during her first campaign rally in Wisconsin.
Now the cathartic anthem graces Harris’ first campaign ad, in which she says: “There are some people who think that we should be a country of chaos, of fear, of hate. But us? We choose something different: We choose freedom.
Pit that against the musical number her competitor chose for his grand entrance on Night 3 of the Republican National Convention. Donald Trump walked out to James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World,” a tone-deaf choice for a candidate found liable for sexual abuse, who’s bragged about sexually assaulting women, a married man who paid hush money to a porn star, and a former president who enabled women’s reproductive rights to be rolled back 50 years with the repeal of Roe vs. Wade
Maybe the Godfather of Soul would have endorsed Trump’s usage of his song, but Brown would be breaking with decades’ worth of musicians who’ve decried GOP candidates playing their tracks at rallies and booster events. Adele, Rihanna, R.E.M., the Rolling Stones, Prince, Neil Young, Guns N’ Roses and Queen are among the many artists who’ve spoken out against Trump using their tunes for campaign purposes.
When the McCain-Palin campaign used “Barracuda,” Heart bristled. Tom Petty insisted George W. Bush back away from “I Won’t Back Down.” Bruce Springsteen decried Ronald Reagan’s appropriation of “Born in the U.S.A
Source: People
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