Tough love, indeed.
Singer Linda Ronstadt didn’t hesitate to rip into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a State Department reception at the 42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Saturday night, according to a Variety report Sunday.
During his first turn as the official host of the event, where honorees receive their Kennedy Center rainbow ribbons, Pompeo wondered aloud: “As I travel the world, I wonder when I will be loved,” referring to lyrics in Ronstadt’s 1975 hit “When Will I Be Loved,” according to Variety.
When Ronstadt, who is known as an ardent critic of President Trump, took the microphone to receive the honor, she took aim at Pompeo.
“I’d like to say to Mr. Pompeo, who wonders when he’ll be loved, it’s when he stops enabling Donald Trump,” Ronstadt said, according to Variety.
Variety reported that Ronstadt immediately sat down after her remark, which drew gasps, slow-building applause and cheers from the audience.
Last month, Pompeo signaled that that he would be open to investigating Trump’s debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 elections.
Read Variety’s report here.
BOOM!!! She dropped the bomb on his fat ass.
Thank you, Ms. Ronstadt. I wouldn’t call this a ‘rip’ however. Just a simple plea from an artist with integrity to a fool who doesn’t understand the meaning of integrity or his oath of office.
Mike Pompeo fails as a Secretary of State. Fails as a comedian. What’s next, a run for U.S. Senate from Kansas, portending another failure?
After the Dixie Chicks imbroglio, which looks more absurd as the years go by artists should have little fear from standing up to the untutored mob or folks like Pompeo who toady for Trump and shame us in front of the world.
Over the years there have been many reasons to be a Linda Ronstadt fan. Here’s another one.