{"id":2480777,"date":"2025-08-30T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/triggered-leftist-neil-young-drops-protest-song-decrying-trumps-d-c-crime-cleanup-which-has-arguably-saved-lives\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T17:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:15:55","slug":"triggered-leftist-neil-young-drops-protest-song-decrying-trumps-d-c-crime-cleanup-which-has-arguably-saved-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/triggered-leftist-neil-young-drops-protest-song-decrying-trumps-d-c-crime-cleanup-which-has-arguably-saved-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Triggered Leftist Neil Young Drops Protest Song Decrying Trump&#8217;s D.C. Crime Cleanup, Which Has Arguably Saved Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Ftriggered-leftist-neil-young-drops-protest-song-decrying-trumps-d-c-crime-cleanup-which-has-arguably-saved-lives%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=2480777&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--><p>Neil Young, a leftist singer-songwriter living in rural Canada, released a new song titled &#8220;Big Crime,&#8221; criticizing President Donald trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-attorney-jeanine-pirro-touts-12th-day-of-no-homicides-after-trumps-dc-crime-crackdown\/\" title=\"U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro touts 12th day of no homicides after ...s DC ... ...\">crime crackdown efforts<\/a> in Washington, D.C. The song&#8217;s lyrics accuse Trump of imposing fascist-style rules and militarizing the streets, suggesting there is meaningful corruption and &#8220;big crime&#8221; at the White House.However, critics point out that Young does not live in D.C. and thus is not directly affected by its crime situation. In contrast, even D.C.&#8217;s mayor has acknowledged that Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal intervention helped reduce crime<\/a>, including a notable period without homicides. The article contends that Young&#8217;s song lacks subtlety and fails to reflect the realities on the ground, implying that his political messaging comes from a place of safety and distance rather than firsthand experience.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leftist singer and songwriter Neil Young, who lives in Canada, has released a new song decrying President Donald Trump&rsquo;s crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts debuted &ldquo;Big Crime&rdquo; from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-admin-targets-crime-ridden-chicago-next-federal-takeover-plans-already-place\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a>&rsquo;s Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/neil-young-donald-trump-big-crime-1235417359\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The song, clearly inspired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s work in D.C., had lyrics that read:<\/p>\n<p><em>Don&rsquo;t need no fascist rules<\/em><br \/> <em>Don&rsquo;t want no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/professors-study-fascism-made-big-show-leaving-country-proved-trump-isnt-authoritarian-fear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fascist<\/a> schools<\/em><br \/> <em>Don&rsquo;t want soldiers on our streets<\/em><br \/> <em>There&rsquo;s big crime in D.C. at the White House<\/em><br \/> <em>There&rsquo;s big crime in D.C. at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-bill-gates-meet-white-house-discuss-research-necessary-save-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It continues the same messaging:<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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no more great again<\/em><br \/> <em>There&rsquo;s big crime in D.C at the White House<\/em><br \/> <em>There&rsquo;s big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/smug-dem-mayor-gets-reality-check-citys-crime-bad-msnbc-couldnt-ignore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crime<\/a> in DC at the White House<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The song can be heard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=57WEArtc2ps&amp;t=94s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Young is an immensely talented musician, regardless of his political leanings, but the lyrics do seem rather lazy.<\/p>\n<p>He would have been better off with a chorus where he just yells &ldquo;orange man bad&rdquo; repeatedly over all this messaging lacking even a hint of subtlety.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the listener were to overlook that, consider that Young doesn&rsquo;t live in D.C. and doesn&rsquo;t experience a single problem brought on by its rampant crime.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, even D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser credited Trump&rsquo;s decision to use federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/full-stab-wounds-teen-girls-body-found-ditch-called-police-asylum-seeker-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">law enforcement<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nra-endorses-virginias-earle-sears-for-governor-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"NRA endorses Virginia\u2019s Earle-Sears for governor - Washington Examiner\">lowering crime rates<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/bowser-trump-police-takeover-lower-dc-crime-national-guard-ice-rcna227582\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After Trump took over the city on Aug. 11, the city experienced a nearly two-week period without a recorded homicide, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/dc\/2025\/08\/dc-records-first-homicide-in-nearly-two-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTOP-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s measures have saved lives.<\/p>\n<p>To reiterate an earlier point, Young is not living in D.C., meaning he is far from this supposedly brutal, fascist dictatorship that has placed him in grave danger.<\/p>\n<p>He currently lives in a cottage in rural Omemee, Canada, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/homes\/840901\/inside-neil-young-secluded-life-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hello Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That is perhaps the least surprising detail in light of his latest release.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oh-no-msnbc-missed-horrible-acronym-new-logo-look-like-utterly-humiliating-un-liberal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">liberal<\/a> ethos dictates one may speak authoritatively on behalf of others from a place of relative calm and safety.<\/p>\n<p>California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom can sing the praises of his state despite not actually having lived through any of its problems directly.<\/p>\n<p>Self-declared socialists and communists can cheer for a system that has been a blight on mankind, leaving millions of people dead, without ever stepping foot in one of the countries under those systems, never mind what refugees fleeing places like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-cuba-suffers-another-massive-power-outage-leaving-millions-dark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cuba<\/a> or Venezuela have to say on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Young doesn&rsquo;t live in D.C., but he will certainly use his platform to advocate for his vision for it.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s a vision that, as with so many other leftists, he wouldn&rsquo;t actually live through.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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