Kid RockTrump’s performance on the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention was met with swift and largely embarrassed reaction, with Media Matters’ Andrew Lawrence joking that it might signal a miscalculation on the part of the RNC.
“After watching Kid Rock scream and sing in prime time at the Republican National Convention, I’m beginning to think the GOP might be a little overconfident,” he wrote on Twitter.
Writer Brandon Halsey Summary“So… Kid Rock got 75-year-olds pumping their fists and yelling ‘Fight!’ That’s what happens in America in 2024. Embarrassing.”
Therapist Ken Theroux noted the surreality of the performance itself: “Imagine telling Republicans in 2004 that five days after Donald Trump had been shot in the ear, Hulk Hogan and Kid Rock would headline his third nomination,” Theroux said. I wrote to X.
One person He likened Kid Rock’s performance to that of Ingrid Andress, who entered rehab earlier this week. She performed the national anthem Getting drunk before a baseball game.
X-user translator They aptly compared Kid Rock to David Spade’s character Joe Dirt in the 2001 film of the same name: “Kid Rock looks like that guy selling Bowie knives at the swap meet. Tell your kids that’s Kid Rock,” they wrote on the platform.
For others, the quality of the singer’s performance was not particularly outstanding. I wrote to X“I saw Kid Rock in 1999 at an all-day festival hosted by a local alternative rock radio station. The stage was against the wall at the back of center field, and the rest of the field was the concert audience. He opened with Bawit Dabaw, and we all sat back and waited for Incubus. It was bad then, and it’s bad now.”
CNN’s Abby D. Phillips Tweeted Simply put, “This is… amazing.”
Kid Rock performed “American Bad Ass” with lyrics revised to support Trump, chanting “fight, fight” as he sang. July 13 shooting incident The former president also spoke the same words to a crowd at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania.
Earlier Thursday, the singer, who was not on the list of speakers for the evening, Announced He had arrived in Milwaukee ahead of the convention. In a video featuring the singer wearing an NRA cap, he joked, “We just arrived in Milwaukee to support our proven, red, white and blue, 100 percent American, brave president. What’s happening tonight? Tune in to find out. But here’s a hint: Are you scared?”
The Hill later reported that the singer was spotted rehearsing at Fiserv Forum.
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