R.E.M. Trashes 'President A**hole' Donald Trump Over 'Everybody Hurts' Meme

[Judi Lynn]

16/02/2019 10:51 PM AEDT | Updated 9 hours ago

“World Leader PRETEND!!!”

Lee Moran

The members of former American rock band R.E.M. have made it crystal clear how they feel about President Donald Trump’s sharing of a meme mocking Democrats, which featured one of their most iconic songs.

Trump shared the video, which was set to the group’s 1992 hit “Everybody Hurts,” on Friday. It poked fun at the expressions of Democratic lawmakers during Trump’s State of the Union address earlier this month.

Mike Mills, who was the group’s bassist, responded with a series of blistering tweets.

He dubbed Trump “PresidentAsshole,” called out the pro-Trump Twitter account that created the meme and said “measures have been taken” to stop the circulation of the clip.

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[thegoose]

1. Yes! This shit has to stop!

In 1984, when I was a young pup, the Ray-gun re-election campaign stole Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" as a triumphant anthem of its success, being tone-deaf to the realization that Springsteen's song was actually about American despair at the hands of said moron. Fucking Reagan!

Springsteen told Ray-gun to fuck off. And all musicians should especially tell this current piece of shit to extremely fuck off.

[malaise]

2. Ditto

Nicely put