Robert Kennedy Jr. hails Oliver Anthony’s exceptional song in GOP debate critique.
Country singer Oliver Anthony gains new fan in 2024 presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr.
Oliver Anthony’s viral hit “Rich Men North of Richmond” has caught the attention of 2024 presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr., who describes it as an “extraordinary song.” Kennedy took to social media to express his admiration for the song and criticize the Republican Party’s first debate of the election cycle.
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“Now that is an extraordinary song — raw, yet intelligent; defiant, yet compassionate,” Kennedy wrote on social media. “It’s about working-class hardship. It is about low wages (‘bullsh*t pay’). It’s about degraded food supply, elite corruption, obesity, homelessness, despair.”
Kennedy believes that the Republican candidates on stage during the debate missed an opportunity to discuss the important topics highlighted in Anthony’s song. Instead, they resorted to recycling “Reagan-era cliches” such as cutting spending, ending abortion, and being tough on drugs. Kennedy urges politicians to tap into the popular will of turning the country around and focus on addressing these pressing issues.
“Oliver Anthony has tapped into something that can unify our nation,” Kennedy wrote. “Nearly everyone wants to reverse our decline, to end the corruption, to rebuild from the inside. Let’s talk about how to do that.”
Since its release on August 8, Anthony’s song has garnered over 37 million views and 1.5 million likes on YouTube. Reports suggest that the singer is earning $40,000 per day from online streaming of the song.
A total of eight Republican candidates, including Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), participated in Wednesday night’s debate.
Former President Donald Trump qualified to attend the debate but chose to do a one-on-one interview with former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson instead. The interview, released on X (formerly known as Twitter), has already amassed over 213 million views as of early Thursday afternoon.
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