"And I don't want to be out of water tonight, but I wrote this song as an ode to American possibility: both to the beautiful but flawed country that we are, and to the country that we could be. Now, right now, we are living through incredibly critical times. The United States, the ideals and the values for which it stood for the past 250 years, is being tested as it has never been in modern times."
"So as we gather tonight in this beautiful display of love and care and thoughtfulness and community, if you believe in democracy, in liberty; if you believe that truth still matters, and that it's worth speaking out, and it's worth fighting for; if you believe in the power of the law and that no one stands above it; then send a message to this president."
On January 17, Bruce Springsteen made an unannounced appearance at New Jersey's Light of Day WinterFest and joined Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers onstage. Springsteen condemned ongoing ICE raids in Minnesota and dedicated his 1978 song "The Promised Land" to Renee Good, a mother and American citizen recently killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. Springsteen described the song as an ode to American possibility and warned that U.S. ideals and values are being uniquely tested. Springsteen urged opposition to heavily armed, masked federal forces using Gestapo tactics and called for ICE to leave Minneapolis.
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