On Saturday, the US authorities threw a navy parade in Washington, DC to have a good time the US Military’s 250th anniversary. It additionally occurred to be President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. Reportedly, the Military has been planning an anniversary celebration for 2 years, however a parade was solely added after Trump, who has lengthy desired such a spectacle, entered workplace. Concurrently, a collection of No Kings protests throughout the nation objected to Trump’s insurance policies, together with his deployment of the Nationwide Guard and Marines to fight anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles.
Ryan Tedder, frontman for OneRepublic and high-powered songwriter and producer, has opinions about this. In feedback posted to his Instagram story, Tedder mentioned his household has a historical past of navy service courting again to the Revolutionary Conflict, and he’s bummed that as an alternative of celebrating the military, persons are within the streets protesting. Right here’s what he wrote:
I’ve round 20 members of the family & grandparents that each one fought in wars from the revolutionary warfare (really) through to WWII /Korea.. all politics & events and righteous indignation apart it’s an excellent bummer that as an alternative of celebrating the 250th anniversary of the US Military and all those that have fought and died on our behalf… We’re protesting. I haven’t been a card carrying political member of both facet for 20 years & assume at this level every little thing is absurd 99% of the time… However I’d prefer to say THANKYOU to all the Military service members energetic and retired and those that have given their lives to guard our freedom…to protest.
It certain looks like Tedder may have thanked the troops with out slagging protestors. But when the person’s takes are tone-deaf, nobody can say he’s not constant; his band’s most up-to-date hit was three years in the past on the High Gun: Maverick soundtrack. (Sure, I understand the High Gun persons are Navy, not Military.)
