{"id":120639,"date":"2021-02-08T09:32:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=120639"},"modified":"2021-02-08T09:42:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:42:20","slug":"bruce-springsteen-who-called-trump-a-threat-to-democracy-ripped-for-pushing-unity-in-super-bowl-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bruce-springsteen-who-called-trump-a-threat-to-democracy-ripped-for-pushing-unity-in-super-bowl-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen, Who Called Trump A \u2018Threat To Democracy,\u2019 Ripped For Pushing Unity In Super Bowl Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbruce-springsteen-who-called-trump-a-threat-to-democracy-ripped-for-pushing-unity-in-super-bowl-ad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=120639&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bruce-Springsteen.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Critics slammed iconic singer Bruce Springsteen and the Jeep vehicle brand after the two collaborated on an ad calling for a return to \u201cthe middle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Springsteen has a history of making outlandish, politically-driven claims and comments attacking Republicans, most notably former President Donald Trump. Springsteen was one of a host of celebrities to make a public pledge to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/here-are-the-celebrities-who-have-vowed-to-leave-u-s-should-trump-win\">leave<\/a> the United States if Trump was reelected in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In the ad, Springsteen calls on Americans to work toward \u201cthe middle\u201d and overcome division in politics and elsewhere to get to \u201cwhat connects us.\u201d His speech plays over clips of the open road, at times featuring the singer and a Jeep vehicle. As the ad closes, an image of the outline of the United States appears overlaid with the words \u201cTo the ReUnited States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a chapel in Kansas standing on the exact center of the lower 48. It never closes. All are more than welcome to come meet here in the middle,\u201d Springsteen says. \u201cIt\u2019s no secret, the middle has been a hard place to get to lately, between red and blue, between servant and citizen, between our freedom and our fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow fear has never been the best of who we are. And as for freedom, it\u2019s not the property of just the fortunate few. It belongs to us all, whoever you are, wherever you\u2019re from. It\u2019s what connects us, and we need that connection,\u201d he continues. \u201cWe need the middle. We just have to remember the very soil we stand on is common ground. So we can get there. We can make it to the mountain top, through the desert, and we will cross this divide. Our light has always found its way through the darkness. And there\u2019s hope on the rode up ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Middle. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dbsgWV35i0\">pic.twitter.com\/dbsgWV35i0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/springsteen\/status\/1358606430383689728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Springsteen\u2019s recent call for moderation and agreement comes after he spoke out vehemently against Trump\u2019s reelection, calling the former president a \u201cthreat to our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that our current president is a threat to our democracy,\u201d the singer said in a June interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/06\/bruce-springsteens-playlist\/613378\/\">The Atlantic<\/a>. \u201cHe simply makes any kind of reform that much harder. I don\u2019t know if our democracy could stand another four years of his custodianship. These are all existential threats to our democracy and our American way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In late October, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2020\/10\/29\/bruce-springsteen-calls-americans-vote-trump-out-office\/6076073002\/\">compared<\/a> Trump to a demon on his SeriousXM show comparing the then-upcoming election to an \u201cexorcism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome ghouls and fools, witches, vampires, bloodsucking politicians, zombie denizens of Washington, DC, it is time for an exorcism in our nation\u2019s capital,\u201d Springsteen said. \u201cIn just a few days we\u2019ll be throwing the bums out. I thought it was a \u2026 nightmare but it was so true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics on Twitter slammed the Jeep ad for featuring Springsteen, some pointing out Springsteen\u2019s past rhetoric surrounding politics and his insults directed at Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just three months ago Bruce Springsteen was calling for an &#8220;exorcism in our nation\u2019s capital&#8221; because there was a Republican president. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SkiFhRdNxq\">pic.twitter.com\/SkiFhRdNxq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brent Scher (@BrentScher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrentScher\/status\/1358631443413553153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe thing about that Jeep ad was how I really respected how they used Bruce Springsteen, long noted for his moderate and centrist political views, to deliver the message,\u201d RealClearInvestigations senior writer Mark Hemingway said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The thing about that Jeep ad was how I really respected how they used Bruce Springsteen, long noted for his moderate and centrist political views, to deliver the message.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heminator\/status\/1358608352696274947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOk maybe my husband is right and Bruce Springsteen is actually the worst,\u201d Karol Markowicz, a columnist for The New York Post, tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ok maybe my husband is right and Bruce Springsteen is actually the worst.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karol Markowicz (@karol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karol\/status\/1358606579797524480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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