Comment on Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass Stirs Controversy in Australia After ‘Birthday Wish’ at Concert: ‘Don’t Miss Trump Next Time’

Chad de Guzman, Time
Mon, 07/15/2024 - 10:15pm

Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass Stirs Controversy in Australia After ‘Birthday Wish’ at Concert: ‘Don’t Miss Trump Next Time’

An Australian politician has called for the deportation of Tenacious D, the comedy-rock duo of Kung Fu Panda actors Jack Black and Kyle Gass, after Gass apparently made remarks wishing for the death of former U.S. President Donald Trump onstage during a concert in Sydney on Sunday, less than 24 hours after an assassination attempt against the Republican nominee at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Eyewitness Accounts What We Know So Far About the Gunman Politicians Condemn Shooting What to Know About the Victims The Recent History of Political Violence in America Column: The Danger of Treating Politics Like War Videos have circulated on social media that show Black singing “Happy Birthday” to Gass during a show on July 14—Gass’ 64th birthday—and then asking Gass to make a wish before blowing out candles on a cake. “Don’t miss Trump next time,” Gass can be heard saying. Tenacious D "Don't miss miss Trump next time"These people are sick and want you dead pic.twitter.com/3qaVioquGu— 🌴 Josh Lekach 🌴 (@JoshLekach) July 15, 2024 “I condemn in the strongest possible way the call to political violence by Tenacious D in Sydney on Sunday,” Ralph Babet, a senator for Victoria of the United Australia Party, said in a public letter posted on X on Tuesday.

 

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