World News – CA – Musician John Fogerty quits and waives Trump’s use of ‘Fortunate Son’

Musician John Fogerty criticized President Trump on Friday and said he was issuing a cease and desist order on the president’s campaign using the famous Creedence Clearwarer Revival song « Fortunate Son » during events

« I object to the president using my song ‘Fortunate Son’ in any way for his campaign. He is using my words and my voice to portray a message that I do not approve of, » shared the rock icon in a press release on Twitter

« Therefore, I issue a cease and desist order I wrote this song because as a veteran I was disgusted that some people were allowed to be excluded from serving our country because that they had access to political and financial privilege I also wrote about the rich who do not pay their fair share of taxes « 

Fogerty added that « Mr. Trump is a prime example of both of these problems. The fact that Mr. Trump also admires the flames of hatred, racism and fear as he rewrites recent history, which is even more reason to be troubled by his use of my song « 

The president received four postponements of student projects while an undergraduate student In the spring of 1968, he also received a 1 Y medical stay following a diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels, a reported the New York Times

The Times also reported last month that the president paid no income tax for 10 of the 15 years leading up to his election, and $ 750 a year in 2016 and 2017

Last month he made a video explaining the classic song, sharing that « I find it puzzling, I would say, that the president chose to use my song for his political rallies, when in fact it seems like ‘he is probably the lucky son « 

A list of famous musicians and estates of deceased musicians have called on Trump not to use their work at campaign rallies, including Neil Young, the Rolling Stones, Prince’s Estate and others

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