{"id":1913168,"date":"2023-04-11T17:57:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T21:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bruce-springsteens-guitarist-steven-van-zandt-calls-to-exterminate-gop-cockroaches\/"},"modified":"2023-04-11T17:58:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T21:58:42","slug":"bruce-springsteens-guitarist-steven-van-zandt-calls-to-exterminate-gop-cockroaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bruce-springsteens-guitarist-steven-van-zandt-calls-to-exterminate-gop-cockroaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen\u2019s Guitarist Steven Van Zandt Calls to \u201cExterminate\u201d GOP \u201cCockroaches\u201d"},"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\">22<\/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-springsteens-guitarist-steven-van-zandt-calls-to-exterminate-gop-cockroaches%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=1913168&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>\n<p>Bruce Springsteen\u2019s veteran E-Street band guitarist\u00a0Steven Van Zandt\u00a0issued a call to fans and supporters on social media Sunday to \u201cExterminate the (Republican) cockroaches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His rallying cry to target GOP supporters, half of America, came during an expletive-laden exchange on Twitter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\"><\/figure>\n<p>It began when the guitarist ventured forth by abusing what he called \u201cRepublican White Supremicist scumbag cowards and pussies that need guns to feel like real men\u201d after TN representatives demanded gun controls.<\/p>\n<p>Van Zandt was then called out on Twitter by a follower for his abuse, which he quickly resumed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\"><\/figure>\n<p>He said he deleted his original anti-Republican post for a host of reasons, viz;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>To avoid spending half my day deleting Foxsucking scumbag Russian bots and MAGOTT cockroaches like you! Go take away some women\u2019s rights, keep some Black people from voting, go harass a Trans event, go shoot some kids, do what Republicans do best and get the fuck outta my feed!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>See for yourself below.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1681250252532157826=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To avoid spending half my day deleting Foxsucking scumbag Russian bots and MAGOTT cockroaches like you! Go take away some women\u2019s rights, keep some Black people from voting, go harass a Trans event, go shoot some kids, do what Republicans do best and get the fuck outta my feed! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5zV1hPEvIz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">https:\/\/t.co\/5zV1hPEvIz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udd49\ud83c\uddfaStevie Van Zandt\u262e\ufe0f\ud83d\udc99 (@StevieVanZandt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevieVanZandt\/status\/1645107405968080897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">April 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is not the first time Van Zandt has entered the political realm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2016\/04\/09\/little-steven-states-passing-evil-religious-liberty-laws-should-be-hurt-economically\/\">reported<\/a> in 2016 he declared the best way to punish\u00a0states passing \u201creally vile and evil\u201d religious freedom legislation is to \u201churt them economically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That came after Springsteen announced he had abruptly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-hollywood\/2016\/04\/08\/bruce-springsteen-cancels-north-carolina-concert-over-anti-lgbt-religious-freedom-law\/\">canceled<\/a>\u00a0a show in Greensboro\u00a0to protest North Carolina\u2019s\u00a0LGBT \u201cbathroom law\u201d and Van Zandt spoke to reporters about the band\u2019s decision to pull the plug on its fans.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23672938\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2023\/04\/GettyImages-1382525706.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Steven Van Zandt \u201cLittle Steven\u201d poses for a portrait at his Rebel Nation headquarters on March 04, 2022 in New York City. (Per Ole Hagen\/Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunately the only way people understand. You have to hurt them economically in order to have them do the right thing morally, unfortunately,\u201d Van Zandt\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/steven-van-zandt-talks-springsteens-canceled-north-carolina-concert-20160409#ixzz45LHyxRUQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">told<\/a>\u00a0<i>Rolling Stone<\/i>\u00a0backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis really vile and evil discrimination is starting to spread state to state and we thought, \u2018We better take a stand right now and catch it early,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span>  <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/> <\/em><\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bruce Springsteen\u2019s veteran E-Street band guitarist\u00a0Steven Van Zandt\u00a0issued a call to fans and supporters on social media Sunday to \u201cExterminate the (Republican) cockroaches.\u201d His rallying cry to target GOP supporters, half of America, came during an expletive-laden exchange on Twitter. 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