Eric Clapton helped raise $1 million for Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign at a private fundraiser on Monday night, Kennedy’s campaign announced Tuesday.
Clapton and his band performed at an event, which raised a total of $2.2 million, including $1 million for Kennedy’s campaign and $1.2 million for a political action committee supporting him.
“I am deeply grateful to Eric Clapton for bringing his musical artistry and rebellious spirit to my gathering in Los Angeles last night,” Kennedy said in the press release, which described the Monday night event as a “once-in-a-lifetime musical performance.”
Kennedy’s campaign announced in late August that Clapton would perform at the private fundraiser, which reportedly offered tickets starting at $3,300, up to a maximum of $6,600.
Kennedy and Clapton have both been outspoken about their skepticism of vaccines, which has resulted in fierce blowback from the public.
In the statement Tuesday, Kennedy praised Clapton but did not mention their shared skepticism about COVID-19 vaccines.
“I sometimes think that in our divided society, it is music rather than any kind of intellectual agreement that has the most potential to bring us together again,” Kennedy said in the press release.
“Eric sings from the depths of the human condition. If he sees in me the possibility of bringing unity to our country, it is only possible because artists like him invoke a buried faith in the limitless power of human beings to overcome any obstacle,” he added.
Kennedy is one of two long-shot Democratic presidential bids to challenge incumbent President Biden for the Democratic nomination. While neither Kennedy nor author Marianne Williamson have made any significant headway against the president, Kennedy has been critical of efforts of establishment Democrats to block any serious threat to Biden’s campaign.
No, it’s not. It’s a reinforcement for their artistic talent. That’s what you’re paying for—their art, not their political views (unless their art expresses their political views, in which case I can’t imagine you’d like their art and thus wouldn’t buy it). You can support a person for one thing without supporting other aspects of their character or behavior.
As you can see from the post you quite literally can not.
Yes, you can. Watch.
You like Clapton’s music, but disagree with his politics, so you buy his albums, but don’t attend his fundraising performances. I can say with virtual certainty that everyone at that event agreed with his politics too. You can’t say with that level of certainty that everyone who buys his music does.
Hard disagreement there. Clapton wouldn’t have the money or draw for political fundraising if people ignored his racist ass and shamed him and those that support him. Giving anti-social people a microphone lets them use it to detriment of society.
Add to that that he has a history of literally expressing his views during his performance.
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And you sound like someone who likes to call everyone who disagrees with them a Nazi, because it makes you feel like you’ve made a point or something. Fuck off.