Joni Mitchell didn’t hold back as she slammed Donald Trump and encouraged her fans to vote in this year’s election at a show in Los Angeles on Saturday.
“’Fuck Donald Trump’ — I love that song,” the legendary singer-songwriter said, according to Billboard, in an apparent reference to YG’s 2016 rap protest song “FDT” featuring Nipsey Hussle.
Mitchell’s swipe arrived after she performed “Dog Eat Dog” — her 1985 track where she sings of those who “lie, cheat, skim, scam” — as part of her Hollywood Bowl concert.
“Snakebite evangelists and racketeers and big wig financiers,” sang Mitchell before adding, “Like Donald Trump.”
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Mitchell, after concluding her performance, reiterated, “fuck Donald Trump,” and encouraged “everybody” to “get out and vote.”
“This is an important one. I wish I could vote. I’m a Canadian. I’m one of those lousy immigrants,” she said in another apparent swipe at Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric that got an ovation from the crowd, according to Billboard.
You can check out a clip of Mitchell’s Trump diss here.
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