White House published a new clip Sabrina Carpenter after sparking fury over a previous post that used her song Juno configured for ICE raids.
The latest video features a promotional clip of her performance at Saturday Night Live in October when she told actor Marcello Hernandez, “I think I might have to arrest someone for being too hot.” The White House version replaces the word “too hot” with “illegal” and then cuts to a montage of ICE arrests.
Earlier this week, Carpenter wrote that the video of her music was “evil and disgusting. Don't ever involve me or my music in your inhumane plans.” She was the latest musical artist to object to the work being used in a White House video.
After Carpenter posted her objections, White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson said in response: “Here's a short and sweet message to Sabrina Carpenter: We will not apologize for deporting dangerous criminal murderers, rapists and pedophiles from our country. Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?”
In October Kenny Loggins objected for the use of his song “Danger Zone” from Top shooter in an AI-generated video of Trump dumping feces on protesters under the slogan No Kings. “This is an unauthorized use of my performance of “Danger Zone.” No one asked my permission, which I refused, and I request that my entry in this video be removed immediately,” Loggins wrote. His music remained in the video on Trump's social account “Truth”.
Last month Olivia Rodrigo criticized Trump and DHS for using her song “All-American Bitch” in a video asking undocumented immigrants living in the United States to self-deport. “Don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda,” Rodrigo responded in the comments to the Instagram post.
