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April 11, 2022, 8:27 am
A Republican running for Congress had an embarrassing awakening over the weekend after he reminded everyone what a delusional world people like him live in.
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Jerrod Sessler, a former NASCAR driver who is taking a swing at joining the House of Representatives on behalf of the Washington GOP, expressed his disappointment last week that Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider seemed to have become liberal over the years.
“Bummed to learn that @deesnider, the man with the perfect song written decades ago about the attack on traditional, conservative American values… ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ is riding the train in the wrong direction,” he wrote. “How could it be that he sang for us but now fights for them?”
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Bummed to learn that @deesnider, the man with the perfect song written decades ago about the attack on traditional, conservative American values… “We’re Not Gonna Take It” is riding the train in the wrong direction. How could it be that he sang for us but now fights for them?
— Jerrod Sessler
Republican for Congress – WA (@Sessler) April 8, 2022
On the one hand, the pre-social media era meant not necessarily knowing celebrities’ opinions on every single thing that came up in life.
On the other, you don’t have to have a deep knowledge of Twisted Sister or Dee Snider to take a guess at whether he’s a “traditional, conservative American values” kind of guy.
And Snider made it very clear during the Trump era that he doesn’t exactly support Republicans or their interest in his music.
FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS PLEASE READ! If I seem overly aggressive & intense in my exchanges with these idiot Trump followers it’s because I’m trying to lead by example. We need to push back as hard as they are…even harder. To their credit they are loud & proud. WE SHOULD BE TOO!!
— Dee Snider
Well, I’ll say this: these Trump terrorist assholes arrests are inspiring great lyrics for a song on my next album! “Fighting for Your Life” or maybe I should change that to “Crying for Your Life”? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Back to writing!
— Dee Snider
They are a sacrifice I am willing to make. Seriously. Fact is they represent a third of the population (one third didn’t vote) and the majority of my fans live in other countries who not only don’t give a shit about our politics…they think Trump is a pathetic orange asshole! https://t.co/5vywPPQAYN
— Dee Snider
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But his music was never, as Sessler said, something he sang for conservatives. And he had no qualms pointing that out again now.
The first line of my song is WE’VE GOT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE! Can I count you amongst us pro-choice people? Now that’s a Republican I can support! https://t.co/G34e1zcFrC
— Dee Snider
Sessler tried to save face, but it didn’t really do the trick.
Do you think the folks that wrote the Bible knew that God was writing through them? I doubt it. I believe God can even use @deesnider and his hair for good! BTW – nice flag #AmericaFirst https://t.co/kv99tp4SJ6
— Jerrod Sessler
Media that conservatives misinterpret to be in support of them when it is actually against them could be an entire genre in and of itself.
This seems to be particularly true when it comes to songs and stories about oppression, as they love pretending to be the most oppressed people in the United States. So with that in mind, it’s easy to see how they decided to co-opt “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” but rewriting history to pretend Snider is one of them just isn’t it.
I STAND BY EVERY EFFING WORD I UTTERED IN THE 80’S & HAVE NOT CHANGED MY BELIEF SYSTEM ONE IOTA! IT IS YOU WHO READ YOUR BELIEFS INTO WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS MINE. THE ONLY COMMIE IS TRUMP WHO SUCKS THE TEETS OF PUTIN & KIM JONG-UN & ALL WHO SUPPORT HIM DOING IT! (THAT’S YOU) https://t.co/ed5tZ99D4J
— Dee Snider
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*First Published: April 11, 2022, 8:27 am
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