Left-wing distraction of Trump's UFC event falls flat as bitter celebrities mocked online
The political left's attempt to counter-program President Donald Trump's UFC event on the White House lawn Sunday night ended in widespread online mockery as celebrities and media personalities who have publicly complained for a decade about President Donald Trump offered more of the same.
The event, called "Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment," was hosted by far-left activist and actress Jane Fonda, nicknamed "Hanoi Jane," and the Committee for the First Amendment in New York City. Participants spent three hours railing against Trump, recycling talking points about "fascism" and "authoritarianism" that have been repeatedly levied against the president since he first took office in 2016.
The event was streamed on numerous left-wing YouTube channels, and also aired on C-SPAN.
Bette Midler, an 80-year-old actress and activist, took center stage to perform her own rendition of Woody Guthrie's "All You Fascists Bound to Lose," backed by four other singers. She changed some of the lyrics to the song to make it anti-ICE themed.
"All you fascists bound to lose," the song began. "Lose, you fascists bound to lose."
"We'll battle ICE together, until they cut and run, just like in Minneapolis, and when the midterms come you're bound to lose, you fascists bound to lose," it continued.
The song also made reference to the Jeffrey Epstein files and claims that Republicans are "protecting pedophiles."
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Midler was mocked for her performance.
"Shew! I just saw a bunch of literal fascists getting ready to take down the country, BUT LUCKILY, Bette Midler and her super powerful squad stopped them at the gate... lol," one popular X user needled.
Another post criticized Midler as another one of the "dusty relics who peaked decades ago" who performed at the anti-Trump show.
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"These people aren’t just out of touch. They’re clinically insane," the post added.
Ex-MSNBC host Joe Reid used her platform at the event to blame the Trump administration for her own firing and the firings of other former television personalities.
"The threat is not coming, friends. It is here," she warned. "Brendan Carr, the man who wrote the blueprint to dismantle the FCC and Project 2025 is now running it. He is weaponizing the agency to bully and control the press and suppress the wider televised media."
"Don Lemon arrested, Georgia Fort arrested, Terry Moran fired from ABC, Scott Pelley fired from CBS by the clack of far-right ideologues who bought it and handed it over to a zealot named Bari Weiss who may soon also control CNN. Jim Acosta out at CNN. Karen Attiah fired from the Washington Post and me, more than a year ago," she listed.
"All of us shown the door for just doing our jobs, standing up to the administration and in my case, also for speaking out against the genocide."
Right-wing commentator Stephen Miller, not to be confused with the top Trump aide of the same name, didn't take kindly to Reid's comments.
"Nothing she says here is true but she has the right friends in media so they will all applaud. Joy Reid is a bat s--- crazy conspiracy theorist who they all accept because of the right politics," he said on X.
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Soon thereafter, children's singer and entertainer known as Ms. Rachel, who has been protesting outside the ICE detention facility Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, joined several children on stage to complain about federal officers enforcing U.S. law.
Later, about 40 people in a group called Singing Resistance New York performed an amateurish jingle while screaming: "No one is getting left behind this time."
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"It is impossible to describe how much worse this is than Kid Rock doing an alternative Super Bowl halftime show," said Ian Miller, a writer at Outkick.
"'No one is getting left behind this time' from what?" conservative personality Libby Emmons asked. "And who are they singing about? And how are they so off-key? Rise Up Sing Out looks like a total bust."
Actor Robert De Niro also took the stage over the weekend to say he couldn't love America while it's led by Trump, and compared supporters to those in an abusive relationship.
"I hate to say it, but loving our country is starting to sound like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser," he said. "I can’t love a country that’s led by a racist, misogynist, xenophobic tyrant."
The multi-millionaire film star then started a "Go f--k yourself" chant with the crowd, aimed at the 47th president.
He, too, drew heat from observers.
"Oh no, I’m being abused by the country that made me rich and famous beyond my wildest dreams! Help, help! I’m being oppressed!" one commentator said in response.
"'I only love America when we’re in charge'" great message Bob," said another.