Dave Matthews Slams Republicans as ‘Nonsensical’
by Kipp Jones 28 Sep 2015Los Angeles, CA
Having recently wrapped up his band’s 24th consecutive
American summer tour, Dave Matthews tells Rolling Stone Americans
should be more accepting of illegal immigrants, while also blasting Republican
presidential candidates and praising socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) 16%.
During a
wide-ranging interview about music, his band’s upcoming album and
politics, the South African-born singer tells the magazine after watching two Republican
debates, the party is “disconnected” and “nonsensical,” and has no answers.
“When I listen to the bold-faced, impossible and
nonsensical, disconnected claims at the last debate, I’m like, ‘What the f—k
are you all talking about?’ None of you are remotely connected. None of you
have an actual plan!” said Mathews. “I can stand up and say, ‘If I was
President, I would make everybody’s boobs bigger, and I would make men
stronger, and everybody would be happy, and everybody would be fed, and the
oceans would be clean, and everyone would have jobs. And that’s what I’ll do if
I’m President.’”
Matthews, who twice
supported President Barack Obama, adds: “Wait, do you s—t money?
What are you f—king talking about? There’s no way you can do anything but
damage our children’s future by claiming you can spend more money to make us
stronger, make us better, make us happier, make the whole world a better, more
peaceful place, and cut taxes and have less government. ‘Cause you’re
just talking about something that’s f—king impossible.”
When asked if he is supporting any particular candidate in
the upcoming election, the 48-year-old praises Sen. Bernie Sanders:
“When I hear someone speaking in terms of the workers rising
up and the working people feeling like they have a voice, when I hear someone
like Bernie Sanders talking, I think there’s a hope. And I have no party
affiliation. I’m not saying with his half-a-million donators and supporters
that have committed 30 bucks on average to his campaign, he can win without a
Super PAC. But that’s a guy who is talking about something real and that isn’t
insulted by being called a liberal.
“Someone could call me a liberal, and I’d say, ‘Thank you.’
Someone could call me a socialist, and I’d say, “I wish I was a socialist.” I
should get a shirt that says, “Tax me! Tax the f—k out of me!” At least we’re
hearing more of a voice from him by having him out there and speaking in
complete sentences rather than a bunch of slogans that don’t mean anything. So
I feel like there’s hope as long as some people are speaking to the real
problem in this country.”
Dave Matthews concludes, saying, Americans should not look
down the homeless, the mentally ill, or people who are unable to find work, and
says there should be more sympathy for “migrant workers” who come in
illegally to “work hard for their futures.”
He also calls it “f—king astounding” that “the richest and
the most powerful country in the world” can’t offer a safety net for “people
who have fallen through the cracks.”
Matthews was appointed as a
celebrity ambassador to promote citizenship and naturalization for eligible
immigrants to become U.S. citizens a week ago by President Obama.
To read the rest of Dave Matthews’ RS interview, click
here.
Dave Matthews
Dave
Matthews is a governing council member for the Wilderness Society, and a board member for Farm Aid.
Note: Richard C. Blum
is a governing council member for the Wilderness
Society, married to Senator Dianne
Feinstein, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of
Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Rahm
I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor,
Ari Emanuel’s brother, and was the
White House chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration.
Ari
Emanuel is Rahm I.
Emanuel’s brother, and the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment.
Willie
Nelson is a William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment client, and the president for Farm Aid.
Dave
Matthews is a board member for Farm
Aid, and a governing council member for the Wilderness Society.
John Mellencamp
is a board member for Farm Aid, and was
a performer for the We Are One Inaugural
Celebration.
We
Are One Inaugural Celebration is the opening concert for the 2009 Barack Obama inauguration.
Bruce Springsteen
was a performer for the We Are One
Inaugural Celebration, and is Evan
Springsteen’s father.
Evan Springsteen
is Bruce Springsteen’s son, and was
an intern at Rolling Stone.
Jann
S. Wenner is the founder of Rolling
Stone, and a trustee at the New York
Restoration Project.
Tamsen Ann Ziff
is a trustee at the New York Restoration
Project, and a trustee at the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art.
Barbra Streisand
is a trustee at the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, and a William Morris
Endeavor Entertainment client.
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