By Matt Rooney
Bruce Springsteen wants Americans to find common ground, Save Jerseyans!
Apparently, his definition of common ground involves endorsing radical Democrats while accusing the people who disagree with him of being enemies of the Constitution.
The Boss took to social media to endorse Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Michigan, and offered this remarkably unifying assessment of American politics:
“Dr. El-Sayed is a fighter for our American Constitution, he’s a fighter for our American Democracy, and he’s a fighter against the corrupt, lawless, and anti-American leadership currently in the White House. That’s why I’m in his corner 100%.”
How inspiring. Nothing brings Americans together quite like declaring the duly elected president of the United States and his administration anti-American.
Remember when Springsteen was supposedly interested in healing America’s divisions?
That was a nice song while it lasted.
The irony is especially rich coming from a guy who has spent years presenting himself as a voice for working-class Americans, national unity, and the supposedly forgotten people of the American heartland.
These days, the multimillionaire rock star’s political activism sounds considerably less like the guy who wrote Born to Run and more like a Democratic National Committee fundraising email.
And look at whom he’s endorsing:
El-Sayed isn’t some old-fashioned, blue-collar, lunch-pail Democrat looking to revive the political center. He’s a socialist champion of Medicare for All and other expansive government programs, precisely the sort of ideological agenda that has helped drive working-class voters away from the modern Democratic Party. He has also said deeply troubling things about gender, Jews, and his family’s ties to radical jihadism are unnerving.
But that’s apparently Springsteen’s idea of a bridge-builder.
The larger contradiction is impossible to miss.
Springsteen and his fellow celebrity progressives regularly lecture Americans about democracy, tolerance, and the importance of overcoming political divisions. Then, whenever an election approaches, they enthusiastically support the most ideologically aggressive elements of the Democratic coalition while describing their political opponents in the most inflammatory terms imaginable.
Disagree with Bruce about the direction of the country?
You’re not merely mistaken. You’re apparently on the wrong side of American democracy itself.
That’s not common ground. That’s political self-righteousness with a guitar soundtrack.
And perhaps that’s the real lesson here.
Springsteen is certainly entitled to his political opinions, his endorsements, and his increasingly predictable anti-Trump commentary. Nobody is suggesting otherwise.
But the next time he starts preaching about bringing Americans together, voters should remember what his version of unity actually looks like.
Everybody is welcome in Bruce Springsteen’s America.
Provided they vote Democrat.
