"Lately, the White House's social media team has been making a habit out of using pop songs in videos depicting mass deportations. It's typical rage-baiting, engagement farming for clicks. In this divisive, social media-driven era that we're in, it's a simple, if not frustrating and embarrassing formula. The White House have made it their calling card to profit from these videos with thousands of views online and then promptly delete the audio before they can be sued over it."
"The video was deleted, though White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson responded to Carpenter herself with plenty of references to the pop star's music, saying: "Here's a Short N' Sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter: we won't apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country. Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?""
"Carpenter has a tradition of "arresting" an audience member for being "too hot" before performing "Juno" at her shows. In a promotional clip for her SNL appearance in October, she told cast member Marcello Hernandez, "I think I might need to arrest someone for being too hot." Well, the heartless bastards on the White House's social media team clipped that and changed "hot" to "illegal" with an AI voice. Oh, and then the video showed more ICE arrests."
The White House social media team has repeatedly used pop songs in videos depicting mass deportations to drive engagement and provoke outrage. The team posts clips set to popular tracks, accumulates thousands of views, then removes the audio to reduce legal exposure. Sabrina Carpenter's song "Juno" was used in a video showing ICE arrests and captioned "Have you ever tried this one? Bye-bye." Carpenter condemned the use of her music as "evil and disgusting," while a White House spokeswoman replied with a combative message defending deportations. The team also manipulated a promotional clip, replacing "hot" with "illegal" using an AI voice.
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