Bruce Springsteen had some choice words for President Trump and some of his followers during his latest DJ stint on SiriusXM's E Street Radio. Springsteen who's been connecting with fans every other week via the outlet, spoke about those who are fighting against social distancing and their state's stay-at-home orders. APP.com transcribed some of Springsteen's comments, in which he said, “Now, the protesters that we’ve seen in some of our state capitols, pushing to get the country to open up or cut back on some of the mitigation, concern me. I worry for them, first of all. For up to this point, that mitigation’s been our only defense against the deadly virus.”
He went on to explain, “I know folks need to get back to work, they need to get their bills paid, they need to feed their families. But the country should be opened in a cautious, safe and responsible manner, not carelessly, in a gesture that will cost tens of thousands of lives, prodded on by a president going against his own government mandate and advising citizens to 'liberate Michigan' and 'liberate Virginia.' And frankly, that is the wrong language right now, and it pissed me off.”
He spoke directly about Trump without using the President's name, adding, “It's just weak and irresponsible. It was the gesture of a man willing to roll the dice with the lives of those who put him into office, and their children, and their elderly friends and families at risk, for perhaps nothing more than an election-year ploy. It’s cowardly.”
