Billy Joel Reveals The Trump Remark That Forced Him To Get Political On Stage
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The singer felt he “had to do something” after this moment hit a nerve.
Billy Joel confessed in a new series about his life that he has “never liked getting political onstage.”
However, the singer shared one particular Trump moment that inspired him to express his views.
“Sometimes there are things that happen and you can’t just look away,” Joel said in part two of his HBO documentary, “Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” according to Entertainment Weekly.
Joel said he took action after seeing white nationalists marching in the streets in Charlottesville, Virginia, for the “Unite the Right” rally, and comments that Trump made after a man drove his car into a crowd and killed a protester.
“I was angry,” Joel said of watching the demonstration. “Here they are marching through an American city saying, ‘Jews will not replace us.’ We fought a war to defeat these people!”
