Rock star Jack White hit back at Rep. Tim Burchett (Tenn.) on Tuesday after the Republican promoted an AI-generated clip of him attacking supporters of President Donald Trump. (Check out his response below.)
Burchett reshared an X post from the right-wing account @MAGAresponse on Monday that included a phony clip of the musician declaring, “Don’t even think about listening to my music, you fascists.”
“That cute little girl from the Addams Family got really ugly and angry,” Burchett wrote.
White — a frequent Trump critic who lives in Tennessee with his wife and fellow rocker Olivia Jean — ripped the congressman from his state in an Instagram post for trying to insult his looks like a child “on a playground” and using his “once hallowed and respected position in our society” to promote such a video.
“What kind of joke are we all living in now?” White wrote in a lengthy caption on the post.
“All of trump’s lackeys and bootlicks like this elected official are cowards that would never talk this way to anybody like me or you in person. trump really lowered the bar when he brought his scourge to this government.”
He continued, “Neither him nor his sycophantic congressmen and women manifest class or dignity, they all just regurgitate cheap, childish, grade school bullying points and fake christian(!) rhetoric.”
White didn’t let up, noting that it’s “really sad how embarrassing our leadership has become.”
“The great state of Tennessee deserves better Mr. Burchett but you and your cult are too dug in and blinded to even realize it,” he added.
“Holding a bible in one hand and a flag in the other while you stomp out our democracy day by day in the service of one man’s ego so that he can use taxpayer money to receive his fake peace prize and tear down the White House brick by brick. Embarrassing.”
White went on to predict that right-wingers like Burchett will one day not admit to being part of the MAGA “cult.”
“Let us remember the highly educated and well spoken leaders like JFK, FDR, MLK, from America’s history, because when i look around now, I’m wondering if half of these so called representatives have ever actually read the constitution that they pledged an oath to,” he concluded.
