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Punk Icon Johnny Rotten Defends Trump, Slams ‘Left-Wing Media’
Washington Times ^ | 03/27/17 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 03/29/2017 6:23:20 AM PDT by Enlightened1

Punk icon John Lydon, better known by his stage name Johnny Rotten, defended U.S. President Donald Trump against the “left-wing media” during a Monday interview in London.

The former Sex Pistols frontman, who became a U.S. citizen in 2013, said on ITV’s “Good Morning Britain” that Mr. Trump is “a complicated fellow” but doesn’t deserve being labeled a racist by his liberal opponents.

“What I dislike is the left-wing media in America are trying to smear the bloke as a racist, and that’s completely not true,” the 61-year-old said. “There’s many, many problems with him as a human being, but he’s not that, and there just might be a chance something good will come out of that situation, because he terrifies politicians.”

Mr. Lydon said Mr. Trump is like a “political Sex Pistol” whose purpose is to rattle the status quo. After co-host Piers Morgan described Mr. Trump as “the archetypal anti-establishment character,” Mr. Lydon added: “Dare I say, a possible friend.” The former lead singer also declared his support for Brexit, saying he stands with Britain’s “working class” who voted to exit the European Union in June.

“Where do I stand on Brexit? Well, here it goes: The working class have spoke, and I’m one of them, and I’m with them,” Mr. Lydon said, raising his fist. “And there it is.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: defends; johnnyrotten; punk; rerun; trump

1 posted on 03/29/2017 6:23:20 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

“God Bless the Queen...”

Was that them :)


2 posted on 03/29/2017 6:26:16 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

yep...never liked them...but they’re all right off stage!


3 posted on 03/29/2017 6:44:12 AM PDT by gr8eman (People too dumb to understand what the word "country" means will never have one!)
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To: Enlightened1; dp0622; tx_eggman
life imitates art

Ian Rubbish
4 posted on 03/29/2017 6:44:24 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (Winter is coming)
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To: dp0622

It’s “God Save the Queen....”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQbfTAWe3no


5 posted on 03/29/2017 6:46:04 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1
My My, Hey Hey

Never knew he felt that way.

6 posted on 03/29/2017 6:48:30 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: Enlightened1

There’s a lot of people out there that you wouldn’t think are for Trump. Just a couple of anecdotal stories that I think prove the polls are bogus and faked. My gay brother in Arizona is for Trump and is fed up with illegal aliens. A very liberal woman friend is glad that Trump is deporting these criminal aliens or at least trying to. So if you a lot of conservative people know of at least one liberal person who has changed their mind, it’s a good start.


7 posted on 03/29/2017 6:53:48 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Enlightened1

It’s actually not nearly as obnoxious as I always thought it was.

He’s right. Don’t tell us what we need or want.

He sounds like a libertarian on meth :)


8 posted on 03/29/2017 6:57:09 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Enlightened1

“He terrifies politicians” That’s what I like most about Trump as well.


9 posted on 03/29/2017 8:50:31 AM PDT by Cruising Speed
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