Eric Clapton helps raise $1 million for RFK Jr. campaign
Eric Clapton helps raise $1 million for RFK Jr. campaign
Eric Clapton helped raise $1 million for Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign at a private fundraiser on Monday night, Kennedy’s campaign announced Tuesday. Clapton an…
Eric Clapton helped raise $1 million for Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign at a private fundraiser on Monday night, Kennedy’s campaign announced Tuesday.
Clapton and his band performed at an event, which raised a total of $2.2 million, including $1 million for Kennedy’s campaign and $1.2 million for a political action committee supporting him.
“I am deeply grateful to Eric Clapton for bringing his musical artistry and rebellious spirit to my gathering in Los Angeles last night,” Kennedy said in the press release, which described the Monday night event as a “once-in-a-lifetime musical performance.”
Kennedy’s campaign announced in late August that Clapton would perform at the private fundraiser, which reportedly offered tickets starting at $3,300, up to a maximum of $6,600.
Kennedy and Clapton have both been outspoken about their skepticism of vaccines, which has resulted in fierce blowback from the public.
In the statement Tuesday, Kennedy praised Clapton but did not mention their shared skepticism about COVID-19 vaccines.
“I sometimes think that in our divided society, it is music rather than any kind of intellectual agreement that has the most potential to bring us together again,” Kennedy said in the press release.
“Eric sings from the depths of the human condition. If he sees in me the possibility of bringing unity to our country, it is only possible because artists like him invoke a buried faith in the limitless power of human beings to overcome any obstacle,” he added.
Kennedy is one of two long-shot Democratic presidential bids to challenge incumbent President Biden for the Democratic nomination. While neither Kennedy nor author Marianne Williamson have made any significant headway against the president, Kennedy has been critical of efforts of establishment Democrats to block any serious threat to Biden’s campaign.
Eric "Keep Britain White" Clapton?
Dude's been a racist assbag longer than I've been alive.
If the horrible crap coming out of RFK Jr or Eric Clapton was previously unknown to you: they both suck pretty hard. If you're like "Oh, Tears in Heaven is so meaningful" please realize that he fucking sucks, and anyone he's giving a million dollars to also fucking sucks.
As always, it's best to separate the art from the artist. Just don't give them your money.
What's the difference between a child and a bag of cocaine?
Eric Clapton would never let a bag of cocaine fall out of a window.
Of the many jokes I've heard over the years, I've forgotten most. This one, which I heard about 20 years ago, I've never forgotten, and it still hasn't gotten old.
Just like Connor Clapton.
I just woke my spouse up with my gasp, good one
Interesting. I had no idea that Eric Clapton was a moron.
Always has been. Here's his drunk on-stage rant from 1976 in Birmingham.
** Content warning: Racism and racist slurs. **
"Do we have any foreigners in the audience tonight? If so, please put up your hands. So where are you? Well wherever you all are, I think you should all just leave. Not just leave the hall, leave our country. I don't want you here, in the room or in my country. Listen to me, man! I think we should vote for Enoch Powell. Enoch's our man. I think Enoch's right, I think we should send them all back. Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. Get the foreigners out. Get the wogs out. Get the coons out. Keep Britain white. I used to be into dope, now I'm into racism. It's much heavier, man. Fucking wogs, man. Fucking Saudis taking over London. Bastard wogs. Britain is becoming overcrowded and Enoch will stop it and send them all back. The black wogs and coons and Arabs and fucking Jamaicans don't belong here, we don't want them here. This is England, this is a white country, we don't want any black wogs and coons living here. We need to make clear to them they are not welcome. England is for white people, man. This is Great Britain, a white country, what is happening to us, for fuck's sake? Throw the wogs out! Keep Britain white!" - Eric Clapton
Enoch Powell was a conservative party politician running for election, incidentally.
Clapton has always been truly awful and this is completely in character for him.
It’s become more and more apparent over the years
Yeh he's always been a piece of shit.
Ah yes, Eric Clapton. The voice of unity and inspiration!
"Do we have any foreigners in the audience tonight? If so, please put up your hands. So where are you? Well wherever you all are, I think you should all just leave. Not just leave the hall, leave our country. I don't want you here, in the room or in my country. Listen to me, man! I think we should vote for Enoch Powell. Enoch's our man. I think Enoch's right, I think we should send them all back. Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. Get the foreigners out. Get the wogs out. Get the coons out. Keep Britain white. I used to be into dope, now I'm into racism. It's much heavier, man. Fucking wogs, man. Fucking Saudis taking over London. Bastard wogs. Britain is becoming overcrowded and Enoch will stop it and send them all back. The black wogs and coons and Arabs and fucking Jamaicans don't belong here, we don't want them here. This is England, this is a white country, we don't want any black wogs and coons living here. We need to make clear to them they are not welcome. England is for white people, man. This is Great Britain, a white country, what is happening to us, for fuck's sake? Throw the wogs out! Keep Britain white!" - Eric Clapton, 1976
A lot of people were racist as hell in the 70s and 50 years is a long time to possibly change. I don't know anything about Clapton beyond hearing his music. He still a racist xenophobe?
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Wtaf
I’m disappointed that I ever listened to any of his music. Fuck this guy.
Just another reason to hate both these people
You know what they say, if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go with Eric Clapton and RFK Jr, go fuck yourself.
And why exactly is a British man being allowed to raise funds for an American political campaign?
Because there are no restrictions for the moneyed class.
You're a multi-millionaire and you want to hold a little $6,600-a-ticket private concert to raise a couple of millions for a fellow multi-millionaire so that he can spread his toxic ideas while running for office? Go right ahead.
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”
That's an awesome quote.
The Supreme Court basically ruled that money for political campaigns can now come from anyone, anywhere. Even secretly is fine.
citizens united
I didn't know RFK JR needed it, considering he's being funded by the Republican party
shitbirds of a feather
Well known really good dude Eric Clapton /s
I didn't realize Clapton is a fucking moron.
he's also a racist piece of shit
🌏👨🚀🔫👨🚀 always has been
Not gonna listen to his songs, but I'll torrent and seed his discography for this.
Honestly one of my favorite musicians from the pure music side of things. Tales of brave Ulysses is incredible and white room goes so hard.
Please do seed, as this is the least objectionable political idea I’ve ever heard from Clapton. Fuck him.
Edit: every single time, I say ballad of brave Ulysses, I don’t know why I can’t remember it
Finally know the answer to all the "If I saw you in heaven..." lyrics. No, Eric. You aren't going there.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Eric Clapton helped raise $1 million for Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign at a private fundraiser on Monday night, Kennedy’s campaign announced Tuesday.
“I am deeply grateful to Eric Clapton for bringing his musical artistry and rebellious spirit to my gathering in Los Angeles last night,” Kennedy said in the press release, which described the Monday night event as a “once-in-a-lifetime musical performance.”
Kennedy’s campaign announced in late August that Clapton would perform at the private fundraiser, which reportedly offered tickets starting at $3,300, up to a maximum of $6,600.
Kennedy and Clapton have both been outspoken about their skepticism of vaccines, which has resulted in fierce blowback from the public.
In the statement Tuesday, Kennedy praised Clapton but did not mention their shared skepticism about COVID-19 vaccines.
“I sometimes think that in our divided society, it is music rather than any kind of intellectual agreement that has the most potential to bring us together again,” Kennedy said in the press release.
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Assholes are gonna asshole, I guess.
RFK Jr is going to be a bigger spoiler this election cycle than I think most people realize. All it will take is a few percentage points.
Between RFK Jr and that clown West, and more and more polls showing that Trump is trending far better with black and hispanic voters, and this could very well be a tough one.
This is especially true since the Dems are so inept when it comes to marketing their successes and blindly focusing on pointless issues like pronouns and drag queens.
Then sprinkle in an endless stream of misinformation from bad actors on social media platforms like Reddit and Lemmy and we could be seeing a 2nd Trump term. That should be a joke, but it really isn't.