Jack White slammed Republican Tennessee congressman Tim Burchett’s resharing Monday of an AI-generated video of the White Stripes musician, calling the politician’s social media submit “embarrassing.”
The professional-Trump X account MAGA Response posted a video on Dec. 28 of an AI-generated White warning Trump supporters, “Don’t even take into consideration listening to my music, you fascists.” A day later, Burchett, who was elected into workplace in 2019, retweeted the video and mocked White’s look, writing, “That cute little woman from the Addams Household bought actually ugly and indignant.”
When an X consumer famous that the video was not actual, Burchett replied, “You imply it’s not the woman from the Addams Household?” His feedback prompted a heated response from White, who known as out the Republican politician’s “playground” bully conduct.
“Are you able to imagine {that a} U.S. congressman, that’s proper, a CONGRESSMAN (from my state no much less), a as soon as hallowed and revered place in our society, would repost an AI generated video, containing a false remark that I by no means stated and refuted (with out researching that I’d add) and like a ten 12 months outdated on a playground, add to it tried insults to my bodily look?” White requested his Instagram followers Monday. “What sort of joke are all of us dwelling in now?”
“All of Trump’s lackeys and bootlicks like this elected official are cowards that may by no means discuss this solution to anyone like me otherwise you in individual,” White’s submit continued. “Trump actually lowered the bar when he introduced his scourge to this authorities. Neither him nor his sycophantic congressmen and ladies manifest class or dignity, all of them simply regurgitate low-cost, infantile, grade college bullying factors and pretend Christian(!) rhetoric.”
The White Stripes frontman went on to bemoan how a lot “low class playground bullies” like Trump and Burchett have lowered the requirements for America’s elected officers, writing, “It’s actually unhappy how embarrassing our management has grow to be, I so want the typical American conservative might have a dialog with any clever folks in different nations world wide, only for one transient second, and really see simply what a joke our authorities (and by proxy our nation) has grow to be.”
“The nice state of Tennessee deserves higher Mr. Burchett however you and your cult are too dug in and blinded to even understand it,” White added. “Holding a bible in a single hand and a flag within the different when you stomp out our democracy daily within the service of 1 man’s ego in order that he can use taxpayer cash to obtain his pretend peace prize and tear down the White Home brick by brick. Embarrassing.”
This doesn’t mark the primary time White has spoken out in opposition to the Trump administration. In September 2024, White and bandmate Meg White sued Trump for utilizing their track “Seven Nation Military” in a video, calling it an act of “flagrant misappropriation.”
Earlier this month, White additionally condemned the president’s feedback concerning the deaths of director Rob Reiner and his spouse Michele, calling Trump a “disgusting, vile, egomaniac loser, little one.” He concluded his fiery submit Monday by predicting a future when officers like Burchett refuse to “admit to being a component” of the MAGA “cult” and “well-spoken leaders” have changed them in energy.
“All of the MAGA hats can be in landfills and precise clever and honorable management will take their place. Allow us to keep in mind the extremely educated and well-spoken leaders like JFK, FDR, MLK, from America’s historical past,” White urged. “Once I go searching now, I’m questioning if half of those so-called representatives have ever truly learn the structure that they pledged an oath to.”
