The rocker Bruce Springsteen launched this Wednesday “Streets of Minneapolis“, a protest song in which he criticizes the anti-immigration campaign of Donald Trumpy the actions of federal agents of the ICE who recently left two dead in the United States.
Springsteen, the 76 years oldis known for his Democratic affiliation and has been an open critic of President Trump’s administration.
“I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and present it to you today in response to the state terror that is being exercised over the city of Minneapolis,” he said. The Boss on their social networks.
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The musician, whose discography revolves heavily around the challenges of the American middle class and social issues, dedicated the song of just over four minutes to Alex Pretti y Renee Goodshot dead by federal agents during immigration operations in Minneapolis this month.
‘Streets of Minneapolis’ de Bruce Springsteen
“Trump’s federal thugs beat him up/In the face and in the chest/Then we heard the shots/And Alex Pretti was lying in the snow, dead,” reads part of the song available on streaming platforms.
“Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice/Crying through the bloody fog/We will remember the names of those who died/On the streets of Minneapolis,” sings the chorus of the somber single that nods to her Oscar-winning “Streets of Philadelphia.”
Previously, Bruce Springsteen has expressed public support for former presidents Barack Obama y Joe Bidenas well as the former candidate Kamala Harris.
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In the past he has claimed that Trump was “rolling back historic civil rights legislation that led to a more just and plural society”; in response, Trump called him “a nasty jerk.”
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