Bruce Springsteen Takes Aim at Trump
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A viral Facebook post claimed that Bruce Springsteen was allegedly booed offstage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Originally published Aug. 19, 1985 in the Bergen Record. They came to celebrate America and New Jersey and to welcome home their hero, a regular guy who sings about the joy of growing up along the Jersey shore and the woe of being stuck on the parkway.
Springsteen, 76, then pivoted to condemnation, urging the audience inside the Count Basie Center for the Arts to stand against the Trump administration’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in American cities, particularly in Minneapolis.
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Bruce Springsteen appeared at the Light of Day charity gig to jam with Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, and delivered some pointed political remarks.
Bruce Springsteen is a regular guy at the Jersey Shore but after his success, he's become a worldwide superstar.