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Posted: 2024-08-24T07:11:33Z | Updated: 2024-08-24T14:27:23Z Foo Fighters Have Blunt 1-Word Reply To Trump Using Song For RFK Jr. Intro | HuffPost

Foo Fighters Have Blunt 1-Word Reply To Trump Using Song For RFK Jr. Intro

On social media, the rock band reacted to the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist walking out to "My Hero" at a Donald Trump rally in Arizona.
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Foo Fighters werent having it with former President Donald Trump introducing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the song My Hero at a Friday campaign rally in Glendale, Arizona.

Just hours after news broke that Kennedy was suspending his independent presidential campaign and endorsing the GOP nominee, Trump described him as highly respected and a great person before the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist walked out to Foo Fighters iconic track.

The rock band offered just one word on X, formerly Twitter, when asked if the group had let Trump use My Hero to welcome RFK Jr. on stage.

No, said the band , whose founder, Dave Grohl , has previously referred to Trump as a massive jerk .

The band later posted a screenshot of the exchange to its X page, adding, Let us be clear.

A spokesperson for Foo Fighters told Billboard on Friday that the Trump campaign did not ask for permission to use the song and that the band would not have granted it.

The spokesperson said that appropriate actions are being taken against the Republicans campaign and that royalties the band receives in connection to Trumps usage would be donated to Kamala Harris Democratic campaign.

Trumps use of My Hero comes days after reports about a cease-and-desist  from singer Beyonc over his campaigns use of Freedom, a song she approved for use by the Harris campaign.

Other artists and their representatives have similarly gone after Trump for using their songs without approval in the past.

Celine Dions team spoke out against  Trump using My Heart Will Go On at a campaign rally earlier this month.

The family of Isaac Hayes threatened a copyright infringement lawsuit against the GOP nominee and his campaign for playing the song Hold On, Im Coming.

And the estate of Sinad OConnor  has slammed him for using her version of Nothing Compares 2 U at campaign rallies, calling on Trump and his associates to desist from using her music immediately.

HuffPost reached out to the Trump campaign, which was not immediately available for comment on the use of the Foo Fighters song.

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