Sabrina Carpenter is the latest celebrity to be featured in the White House’s bizarre social media posts, and she’s not happy about it.
Replying to a video posted to the White House’s official X account on Monday, which shows various people of color being chased, manhandled, or thrown to the ground and cuffed to the tune of Carpenter’s “Juno,” Carpenter wrote, “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
Notably, as part of her live show, Carpenter would “arrest” various fans or celebrities while performing “Juno” on her “Short n’ Sweet” tour.
The White House fired back on Tuesday, with spokesperson Abigail Jackson telling the Daily Beast, “Here’s a Short n’ Sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter: we won’t apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country. Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?”
Carpenter’s comments mark the first time the singer has explicitly criticized the White House. Still, she’s been vocal and philanthropic in countering the effects of the president’s agenda on communities and causes she cares about.
Shortly after she slammed the White House post, on Instagram, she reposted a list of all of the organizations she’s funded this year, including the Transgender Law Center, the LGBT National Help Center, The Rainbow Road, which “helps LGBTQI+ people escape state-sponsored violence,” according to its website, and more organizations that would make MAGA wince.
Carpenter’s public stance stands in contrast to Taylor Swift, who has yet to speak out against the administration’s usage of her songs in its taunting memes.
X users noted the difference in the stars’ responses right away, with one writing in reply to Carpenter on Tuesday, “Thank you for having a backbone. Cause there is another lady who simply allows them to use her music but hates to be called MAGA.”
Swift announced to her massive fanbase ahead of the 2024 election that she would be voting for Trump’s opponent, Kamala Harris.
Another fan suggested that Carpenter should take her resistance to the White House’s use of her music a step further, writing, “Your label can claim it as copyright and get the video taken down!!”
