{"id":2297001,"date":"2026-02-24T07:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2297001"},"modified":"2026-02-24T07:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:07:26","slug":"brandi-carlile-says-trump-voters-got-fking-scammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/brandi-carlile-says-trump-voters-got-fking-scammed\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandi Carlile Says Trump Voters Got \u2018F**king Scammed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the heels of hitting the stage for a pre-game performance at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/super-bowl\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Super Bowl LX\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"699ca9f0e4b074e2825b3f9e\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/super-bowl\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">Super Bowl LX<\/a> earlier this month, Brandi Carlile is delivering a message to the people who voted for Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After her Saturday performance at the Target Center in Minneapolis in support of Minnesota\u2019s The Advocates for Human Rights, which has aimed to support families affected by ICE\u2019s arrests, the musician declared to <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/brandi-carlile-trump-voters-scammed-minneapolis-1235520768\/\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Rolling Stone\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"699ca9f0e4b074e2825b3f9e\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/brandi-carlile-trump-voters-scammed-minneapolis-1235520768\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rolling Stone<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that Trump supporters have been \u201cscammed.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou got fucking scammed. We\u2019re living in a scammy time,\u201d she told the outlet backstage right after her performance. \u201cThat\u2019s what people do. You can\u2019t even pick up your phone without getting scammed. Doesn\u2019t mean you have to double down.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 \u201csomeone that was important\u201d during a financially challenging time in her life. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean you have to pay for the fucking vacuum cleaner,\u201d she said of voters who were misled by Trump. \u201cAnd 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urging people to \u201cget past the embarrassment\u201d and the \u201cshame\u201d of getting \u201cduped by a con artist,\u201d she called on them to \u201cget mad enough to change your mind.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"cli cli-image js-no-inject\">\n<div class=\"img-sized\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/699cc172270000a628471dd6.jpeg?cache=LPoqP7Pz26&amp;ops=scalefit_720_noupscale&amp;format=webp 1x, https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/699cc172270000a628471dd6.jpeg?cache=LPoqP7Pz26&amp;ops=scalefit_1440&amp;format=webp 2x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-sized__img landscape\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"Brandi Carlile has been vocal about her disdain for the Trump administration in the past. In 2019, the singer pulled out of the Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit after discovering that former White House staffer Kirstjen Nielsen was planning to attend.\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/699cc172270000a628471dd6.jpeg?cache=LPoqP7Pz26&amp;ops=scalefit_720_noupscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/699cc172270000a628471dd6.jpeg?cache=LPoqP7Pz26&amp;ops=scalefit_720_noupscale 1x, https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/699cc172270000a628471dd6.jpeg?cache=LPoqP7Pz26&amp;ops=scalefit_1440 2x\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-image__source-wrapper\"><figcaption class=\"cli-image__caption caption-cli\">Brandi Carlile has been vocal about her disdain for the Trump administration in the past. In 2019, the singer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2019\/10\/21\/brandi-carlile-boycotts-powerful-women-summit-over-kirstjen-nielsen\/4059606002\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"pulled out\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"699ca9f0e4b074e2825b3f9e\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2019\/10\/21\/brandi-carlile-boycotts-powerful-women-summit-over-kirstjen-nielsen\/4059606002\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">pulled out<\/a> of the Fortune&#8217;s Most Powerful Women Summit after discovering that former White House staffer Kirstjen Nielsen was planning to attend.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Declaring \u201cit\u2019s very clear that this administration is not interested in legal immigration,\u201d Carlile then accused the Trump administration of being \u201cinterested in violent theater.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cViolent theater and dominance over other people,\u201d she added. \u201cI don\u2019t believe most people signed up for that. Even people who voted for Trump, who I\u2019m angry with, I don\u2019t think they voted for this, and I do think that they can still change their minds.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The \u201cCrowded Table\u201d singer\u2019s comments came after Minnesota became the center of a political crisis in recent months. Earlier this year, the Trump administration launched a major immigration enforcement surge in the area by deploying thousands of federal agents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The controversial move led to widespread chaotic arrests, protests, and multiple fatal shootings of U.S. citizens at the hands of federal agents. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Last week, White House border czar Tom Homan announced that the Trump administration\u2019s ICE immigration surge in Minneapolis is \u201cover\u201d and that there would be a drawdown of agents in the area. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey fought back against Homan\u2019s claims. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cIt certainly hasn\u2019t stopped,\u201d Frey <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/ice-minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey_n_698b7108e4b0073b47ad7662\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"said\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"699ca9f0e4b074e2825b3f9e\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"698b7108e4b0073b47ad7662\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\">said<\/a> in a Thursday interview. \u201cI fully understand why people are very much on edge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"cli cli-related-articles js-cet-subunit\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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