Lara Trump, co-chair of the Republican National Committee, began her singing career last September by releasing a cover of Tom Petty’s hit “I Won’t Back Down.”
Since then, she has released just one more original single titled “Anything Is Possible.” When the song was released in late March, left-wing criticism and ridicule of her musical moonshine renewed.
Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, has faced varying levels of backlash for the song since releasing a cover of “I Won’t Back Down.”
Lara Trump: “I’m not backing down”
Trump’s cover has been viewed more than 189,000 times on YouTube.
Unfortunately, however, comments are turned off for those who want to know what people think.
Last fall, a clip of her singing “I Won’t Back Down” went viral because her voice was so off-key, but the audio was actually digitally manipulated To make her hear that.
The doctored clip sparked a barrage of memes and posts making jokes about Trump’s song.
Some criticized the decision to cover the particular song, given that Tom Petty’s estate sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Trump campaign in 2020 for using the song at a campaign rally.
“President Trump had no authority to use this song to advance a campaign that leaves too many Americans and common sense behind,” Petty’s family said in a statement. I have written Petty added on social media that he “never wanted my songs to be used in a movement of hate.”
Despite the tremendous backlash to her first cover, Trump doesn’t seem to be backing down from continuing her music career.
Her new single “Anything Is Possible,” which carries a positive message about not giving up and sticking to your faith, faced similar criticism from opponents, including an AI-generated diss track released by the Democratic National Committee. Ta.
The memes and sarcastic jokes from her opponents don’t seem to be stopping anytime soon.
Actor Mark Hamill, an outspoken Democrat, spoke out after seeing a video of President Trump singing “I Won’t Back Down” at Mar-a-Lago in February. write: “I’m crying for Tom Petty.”
In April, one user on made a joke He said the epicenter of the recent earthquake that hit the New York City area was “Lara Trump’s recording studio.”
Another person mocked Trump Media’s stock decline and quipped that the next song should be Petty’s “Free Fallin’.”
Trump’s career as a singer has not been without controversy, but she is not the only politician to have ventured into the world of music.
Former Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake released the single “81 Million Votes, Guys” last June, promoting a false narrative that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump.
and, number of politiciansHe is active in bands such as Mike Huckabee and John Kelly. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Antony Blinken had a secret presence on Spotify.
But no one has captured the internet’s attention quite like Lara Trump.
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*First published: May 1, 2024 at 8am CDT
Katherine Huggins
Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot’s Technology and Politics section. She helped cover the United Nations for the Japanese newspaper Mainichi, and previously for Market Watch, where she reported on the 2022 midterm elections. Her work has appeared in USA Today, Forbes, OpenSecrets, and more.
