At the first night of the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president,emerged, backlit and shrouded in concert-style fog, as Queens We Are The Champions blasted through Quicken Loans Arena and Twitter wasnt having it: Posts about how the bands late, iconic frontman Freddie Mercury would have lamented the choice began emerging, especially because Mercury was gay and thethe official GOP platformcondemns the Supreme Courts ruling that states must observe same-sex marriages as legitimate.
The band confirmed their distaste for Trumps song choice Tuesday morning, posting a succinct, An unauthorized use at the Republican Convention against our wishes Queen, across theirplatforms.
This is the second time surviving member and lead guitarist Brian May has condemned the Trump campaign for using the tune.
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In June, after Trump featured the song during a campaign event, the 69-year-oldissued a statementon his website saying the use was neither sought nor given,addingthat it has always been against our policy for political campaigns to use Queen music.
He also responded to a fan at the time, promising to confirm we take what steps we can to dissociate ourselves from Donald Trumps unsavory campaign.
