New Jersey icon Bruce Springsteen got absolutely pummeled in a major homestate outlet for being a Trump-obsessed rich fraud who masquerades as a champion of the blue-collar worker, while in reality being a greedy hypocrite who does nothing to help the average American and illegal immigrants he says he cares about.
NJ.com music and culture reporter Bobby Olivier shredded “The Boss” in a NJ.com column on Tuesday. Olivier reviewed Springsteen’s homecoming show in Newark from the night before, and the title — “Springsteen’s N.J. concert was poisoned by hypocrisy. Anti-Trump final act is a tragic mistake” — let readers know right away he was not going to spare any punches.
He wrote Springsteen’s fixation on President Donald Trump has grown trite and tiresome. The rocker’s lecture at the start of the show — where he complains “the America I love… is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous administration” — was a bore, Olivier wrote. He said Springsteen’s preachiness was tough to stomach and square with his everyman persona.
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