""We are living through incredibly critical times," Springsteen told the crowd, before laying out a list of beliefs that apparently now qualify as radical: that no one stands above the law, that federal agents shouldn't behave like an occupying force, and that you shouldn't be murdered for exercising your right to protest. He went on to (correctly) describe ICE's actions in Minneapolis as "Gestapo tactics.""
""This is, to be clear, the kind of statement that should not be controversial. It was measured, specific, rooted in documented events, and delivered by a 76-year-old man whose entire artistic project has been about dignity, labor, and the ideal of America not humiliating itself. But the White House responded by announcing that \"no one cares about his bad political opinions.\"""
Bruce Springsteen criticized ICE deployments and framed current times as incredibly critical, insisting no one stands above the law and condemning occupying-force behavior by federal agents. He warned that people should not be killed for exercising the right to protest and described ICE actions in Minneapolis as "Gestapo tactics," dedicating a song to Good, an American mother of three killed by an ICE agent. The remarks were measured and rooted in documented events, but the White House responded dismissively, asserting that "no one cares about his bad political opinions."
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