Madonna Accused of Threatening President Trump
Madonna has finally clarified the speech she gave at the #Women’sMarch held in Washington on Saturday, and this comes after she was accused of violently threatening President Trump.
Recall that the pop star said this during her speech:
“Yes, I’m angry. Yes, I am outraged. Yes, I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House. But I know this won’t change anything. We cannot fall into despair.”
Her admittance that she thought about “blowing up the White House” earned her a lot of criticism from Trump’s administration. “One of the singers said she wanted to blow up the White House. I mean, can you imagine saying that about President Obama,” White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said on Fox News Sunday, prompting many conservatives to rise against the singer.
Also, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway hinted that the Secret Service might investigate Madonna for that comment.
But Madonna has addressed this in an Instagram post shared on Sunday. According to the legend, she is neither a violent person nor one who encourages such; the statement was purely in metaphor.
“I am not a violent person, I do not promote violence and it’s important people hear and understand my speech in its entirety rather than one phrase taken wildly out of context.,” she said.
“I spoke in metaphor and I shared two ways of looking at things — one was to be hopeful, and one was to feel anger and outrage, which I have personally felt. However, I know that acting out of anger doesn’t solve anything. And the only way to change things for the better is to do it with love. It was truly an honor to be part of an audience chanting ‘we choose love.’”
Read her full post
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