"The short video, released on Monday, includes a compilation of individuals being detained by agents from Immig­ration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and is set to the tune of Carpenter's hit track Juno. "Have you ever tried this one?" the caption attached to the video reads, referencing a lyric from the suggestive song in which Carpenter asks her love interest to "try out some freaky positions". Reacting to the post on X, Carpenter said: "This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda." Carpenter previously revealed that the song, which paints a fantasy of being in love and wanting to having a baby, is a reference to the 2007 film Juno, which follows the teenage pregnancy of a high-school student. The singer's live performances of the track, in which she adopts different sexual poses on stage, have previously prompted backlash."
"In a response to Carpenter, Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, said: "We won't apologise for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists and paedophiles from our country. Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?" The response nodded to another of the Grammy-winner's songs, Manchild, in which the singer writes of ex-boyfriends being "stupid, slow, useless and incompetent". On Monday, the administration also faced criticism from the publishers of the children's book Franklin the Turtle after Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, shared a manipulated image of the character firing a bazooka. Mr Hegseth posted the image with the caption "Franklin targets narco-terrorists" in reference to the series of strikes the US military has carried out on suspected drug-trafficking boats off Venezuela, killing more than 80 people. Kids Can Press, the publisher of the book, respond"
A short video paired footage of individuals detained by ICE with Carpenter's song "Juno," using a suggestive lyric as the caption. Carpenter publicly condemned the video and demanded her music not be used to support what she called an inhumane agenda. The White House spokeswoman defended deportations with a sharply-worded statement that echoed a line from one of Carpenter's songs. The administration also faced criticism after a defence secretary shared a manipulated image of the children's character Franklin with a bazooka, prompting a response from the book's publisher and adding to intellectual property and image controversies.
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