Posted on 07/16/2024 7:14:01 AM PDT by conservative98
Jack Black’s band Tenacious D has cancelled its upcoming gig after United Australia Senator Ralph Babet demanded the band be deported from Australia over an "evil" joke band member Kyle Gass made about the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.
Gass made the controversial comment during a concert in Sydney on Sunday night which coincided with his 64th birthday.
After a cake was brought out for the musician as Black sang ‘Happy Birthday’, Gass was asked to make a wish when he jokingly replied “Don’t miss Trump next time” to shocked laughter and applause.
The rockstar’s comment appeared on a now deleted TikTok but has since been shared on X, formerly Twitter, to nearly 900,000 viewers.
Since the video's circulation, Tenacious D has postponed Tuesday night's Newcastle show hours before gates were set to open despite Black being seen in the city, according to The Daily Mail.
A message on the page for Tenacious D's show reads: "Frontier Touring regret to advise that Tenacious D’s concert tonight at Newcastle Entertainment Centre has been postponed.
"Ticket holders are asked to hold onto their tickets until further information is available."
The video of Gass making the joke was met with outrage from more than a thousand commenters including X-owner Elon Musk and Mr Babet who both described the comment as “evil”.
(Excerpt) Read more at skynews.com.au ...
It’s dumb to suggest deporting someone just because of words.
I abhor censorship, besides I want to know who the a-holes are.
The fact is, what was said is exactly what virtually all the liberals are either thinking or have said in private. The Bible tells us how dark the unredeemed human heart truly is...
Yeah, I was hoping they’d tour Iran...possibly Afghanistan
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If Trump was not on an almost certain path to the Presidency the Australians would have celebrated that comment. Make no mistake, Australia is entirely dependent on the American defense umbrella. 30 million Australians on a resource rich, wealthy island continent in China’s near abroad is a tempting target.
When Trump 45 becomes Trump 47 I hope he takes the leftists running Australia to the woodshed.
They prove my tag line true every single day.
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They are guests in the country. Kicking them out is an option. WE should be kicking out visitors that are trashing us.
I stole my tag line from Tom MacDonald. it goes right along with yours.
They wish us dead or in concentration camps. They’ve said it repeatedly and refer to this often. Saying it isn’t so is sticking ones head in the sand. Listen to their rhetoric and watch how their politicians vote and act. I cannot believe how many cannot see it.
It wasn’t a joke.
Frankly, I am shocked he didn’t double down. This is progress.
I think there is a sea-change coming, a lot of folks are going to start to come around on Trump that you wouldn’t expect.
This is it exactly. The speed with which they’ve both retreated. It’s a great sign of which direction the wind is beginning to blow.
Australia and Canada were my go-to backup countries if things ever got bad in America.......
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Hey Jack.
If you are upset the bullet missed, contact me immediately. I’ll make sure your bullet doesn’t.
Yeah, Australia has the same disease that America has - all of it initiated and propagated by Eurotrash elites.
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with baseball bats ...
And commie cretins.
They need that no matter what party just had an assassination attempt against their people.
The demonrats are psychotic.
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