‘Weird’ Trump event plays YMCA ‘nice and loud’ before dancing with Kristi Noem (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
An event at Donald Trump’s Town Hall in Pennsylvania took a “bizarre” turn after the former president reportedly danced for “40 minutes” to songs including the Village People’s gay anthem “YMCA.”
An event at City Hall on Monday (October 14) was canceled after two people in the audience reportedly passed out from the heat in the building.
After the event’s emcee, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, joked that she “can’t afford” air conditioning in this economy, Trump turned the event into a very bizarre dance party.
“No more questions. Let’s listen to the music…Who the hell wants to hear questions?” Trump said.
According to guardianNine songs were performed over 40 minutes, including Village People’s “YMCA,” Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U,” and “Ave Maria,” which Trump and Noem were seen dancing throughout.
President Trump said, “These two people who died were patriots. We love them. And they made great music, right?”
After the event, presidential candidate Kamala Harris linked to President Trump’s dance video. Leave a comment: “I hope he’s okay.”
Donald Trump’s dance was quickly mocked by social media users. journalist He described the incident as “very strange” and “no way to make it up.”
One user claimed the event was “very disturbing” and “insane even by Trump standards.”
Here's Kristi Noem dancing to YMCA at a Trump rally. Because:
– Shooting her dog wasn't hateful enough
– She's miming a wind turbine
– She's practicing her hug
– Her arms froze while she was stealing a flatscreen
– She's catching pieces of Trump's skin pic.twitter.com/kQV4g5bdgA— Paul Rudnick (@PaulRudnickNY) October 15, 2024
“How long until homophobes find out that the YMCA is a gay anthem?” another social media user pointed out.
What does Village People say about President Trump’s use of “YMCA”?
Donald Trump has made “YMCA” something of a trademark, frequently playing the song at rallies and describing it as the “gay anthem.”
However, Village People have not been very supportive of President Trump’s use of the song in his campaign, and the band has called on President Trump multiple times to stop using their music at rallies, and in 2020 In 2019, the company is considering legal action against Trump for using the songs “YMCA” and “.” Macho man. ”
“YMCA” depicts the experience of staying in a hostel run by the YMCA organization, founded on June 6, 1844 in London as the Young Men’s Christian Association.
But after President Trump played “YMCA” at an event in Pennsylvania on Oct. 14, Village People frontman Victor Willis insisted he would play “YMCA.” Allow Trump to use the song Until the end of the 2024 presidential campaign. Willis claimed Trump’s use of the song caused it to skyrocket on the charts and that suing the former president would be a “stupid and simply hateful act.”
But is “YMCA” the “gay national anthem” as President Trump claims? At face value, the song is about the virtues of the YMCA as a national organization, but implicitly to Village People’s gay fans, the song is about the YMCA’s popularity as a popular gay cruising and meeting place. It is well known that it was understood as a song celebrating reputation.
However, Willis later claimed that Village People’s songs were “universal” and not about gay sex, adding, “I falsely suggested that ‘YMCA’ was about illegal gay sex.” He added that anyone who does this will “file a lawsuit.”
But while the band has long had a relationship with the LGBTQ+ community, both original members Filipe Rose and Randy Jones, as well as co-creator Jack Morari, are openly gay. .
The Village People name also refers to Manhattan’s very queer-friendly Greenwich Village, and the costumes the band wore also reportedly Paying homage to the gay subculture of the 1970s.
David Hodor, one of the band members, said: spin 2008: “Was this song written to celebrate gay men at the YMCA?” Yes. absolutely. And gay people love it. ”
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