Folk Rockstar Says Trump Voters Got ‘F**king Scammed’

Brandi Carlile accused the Trump administration of being “interested in violent theater.”

On the heels of hitting the stage for a pre-game performance at Super Bowl LX earlier this month, Brandi Carlile is delivering a message to the people who voted for Trump.

After her Saturday performance at the Target Center in Minneapolis in support of Minnesota’s The Advocates for Human Rights, which has aimed to support families affected by ICE’s arrests, the musician declared to Rolling Stone that Trump supporters have been “scammed.”

“You got fucking scammed. We’re living in a scammy time,” she told the outlet backstage right after her performance. “That’s what people do. You can’t even pick up your phone without getting scammed. Doesn’t mean you have to double down.”

Carlile made the remarks after telling Rolling Stone a story about the time she was bamboozled into purchasing an expensive vacuum cleaner by a door-to-door salesman. The songwriter said she took the bait because he treated her like “someone that was important” during a financially challenging time in her life.

“It doesn’t mean you have to pay for the fucking vacuum cleaner,” she said of voters who were misled by Trump. “And I just think there are a whole lot of people out there right now feeling duped and feeling ashamed and embarrassed. What they need to feel is angry. They need to get mad and change their minds.”