How Hamilton’s
Lin-Manuel Miranda Helped Hillary
by Charlie Spiering 20 Nov 2016
On July 12, Hamilton
creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda
stood up at his show and welcomed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to his show.
“This November, the difference could not be more stark,
who do you think is going to get closer to those ideals?” he asked, referring
to the Constitution and the founding fathers. “Are you going to vote for the
guy who wants to build a wall, or for someone who’s building bridges?”
Miranda introduced Clinton as “the forty-fifth president
of the United States” as she took the stage to address the crowd.
Why? Because it was a private fundraiser. Miranda hosted
a special
performance of the show exclusively for donors to Clinton’s presidential
campaign. Tickets ranged from $2,700 to a whopping $100,000.
“I have now seen it three times, first at the Public and
twice here, and I cry every time,” Clinton said.
Miranda tweeted a photo of himself with both Bill and
Hillary Clinton urging America to
“include women in the sequel” of the American story.
Clinton even quoted the play during her acceptance speech
at the Democratic National convention.
“Though ‘we may not live to see the glory,’ as the song
from the musical ‘Hamilton’ goes, ‘let us gladly join the fight.’ Let our
legacy be about ‘planting seeds in a garden you never get to see,'” Clinton said.
Miranda has fiercely opposed Trump, even referring to him
as “First
National F*ckface,” and repeatedly criticizing his rhetoric on
illegal immigrants.
During his appearance on Saturday Night Live in October,
Manuel suggested that Trump was a “piece of shit” and said that Trump was
“never gonna be president.”
But that’s not all.
Miranda also helped Clinton host a “Broadway for Hillary”
event that raised even more money for her campaign as tickets ranged from $45
to $100,000.
He performed a parody of the song Ten Duel Commandments,
changing into a pro-Hillary anthem.
Lyrics below:
One-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight-nine
There are ten things you need to do (number one!)
There are ten things you need to do (number one!)
You register to vote and it’s on
You post that Hillary sign up on your lawn (number two!)
You post that Hillary sign up on your lawn (number two!)
Call some undecideds in your crew
Your cousins in Ohio maybe try and flip ‘em blue (number three!)
Your cousins in Ohio maybe try and flip ‘em blue (number three!)
Watch Hillary examine the terrain
Watch her campaign with the man Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine in the membrane
Tim Kaine in the brain (number four!)
Watch her campaign with the man Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine in the membrane
Tim Kaine in the brain (number four!)
Hillary makes each decision
Looking at the world from a rarefied position
A public servant with tenacity, agility
Mi gente, experience is not a liability (number five!)
Looking at the world from a rarefied position
A public servant with tenacity, agility
Mi gente, experience is not a liability (number five!)
Now we all know this is the time
When the other side tries to fly low we go high (six!)
When the other side tries to fly low we go high (six!)
We know that our Hillary is no quitter
We watch as her opponent sits and fiddles with his Twitter (seven!)
We watch as her opponent sits and fiddles with his Twitter (seven!)
Confession time? All in a burst
I want to vote for a candidate who puts our kids first (November 8!)
I want to vote for a candidate who puts our kids first (November 8!)
Your last chance to participate
Roll up to your polling place, vote up in your home state
It’s down to the nitty gritty
Three weeks to go, are you ready New York City?
Roll up to your polling place, vote up in your home state
It’s down to the nitty gritty
Three weeks to go, are you ready New York City?
Yes, in a world gone berserk
Hillary rolls up her sleeves and goes to work!
I have only one overwhelming feeling
Anybody here wanna shatter a glass ceiling? (nine!)
Hillary rolls up her sleeves and goes to work!
I have only one overwhelming feeling
Anybody here wanna shatter a glass ceiling? (nine!)
Look them in the eye, clear your throat
Summon all the time you can devote
Then count (one-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight-nine-number-ten, paces, vote!)
Summon all the time you can devote
Then count (one-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight-nine-number-ten, paces, vote!)
Since the hot Broadway show debuted, every liberal
politician has struggled for a piece of the show and Miranda’s celebrity.
President Barack Obama and
First Lady Michelle
Obama filmed a video
lavishing praise on the show at the Tony Awards.
Manuel, who visited the White House in 2009 to perform beat poetry
for the Obamas, also performed a free-style music video with
Obama at the White House.
It’s no surprise, therefore, that Manuel chose to insert
his politics into his hit Broadway musical.
After the crew learned that Pence would attend, Manuel wrote
the speech that criticized Vice President-elect Mike Pence, delivered on the
show by actor Brandon Victor Dixon.
“You know, we have a guest in the audience this evening —
Vice President-elect Pence, I see you walking out but I hope you hear just a
few more moments,” Dixon said, encouraging everyone to pull out their phones
and tweet the speech to the world.
Dixon warned Pence that “the diverse America” was
“alarmed and anxious” the the Trump administration would not protect them.
Manuel is currently on a widespread media tour to promote
the Disney movie Moana, as he wrote the music for the film that opens in
theaters on November 23.
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Rodham
Clinton was the candidate for the 2016
Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, and a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton
Foundation.
Note: Ready PAC (Ready
For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential
campaign.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank).
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for
the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), was
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and Jim Yong Kim was a guest at his 2013
wedding.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
John
D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton
Foundation, the Atlantic Council of
the United States (think tank), and the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
Jim Yong Kim was
a fellow at
the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation, a guest at George Soros’s
2013 wedding, and is a co-founder
Lin-Manuel
Miranda was a fellow at the John D.
& Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and is the creator of Hamilton: An American Musical.
Julia Stasch is
the president of the John D. &
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and was Richard M. Daley’s chief of staff.
Richard M. Daley’s
chief of staff was Julia Stasch, Michelle Obama was his staffer, and is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past
Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
R. Eden Martin is
the president of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and is Martha L. Minow’s
father.
Martha L. Minow
is Newton N. Minow’s father, a
director at the John D. & Catherine
T. MacArthur Foundation, and Barack
Obama was her student.
Barack
Obama was Martha L. Minow’s
student, and an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Michelle Obama
was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP,
and Richard M. Daley’s staffer.
Julia Stasch was Richard M. Daley’s chief of staff, and is
the president of the John D. &
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Lin-Manuel
Miranda was a fellow at the John D.
& Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and is the creator of Hamilton: An American Musical.
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