US EditionBilly Joel Slams Donald Trump’s 2017 Charlottesville Speech in Documentary: ‘Nazis Are Not Good People’
NEW YORK CITY, JUL 25 – Billy Joel wore a Star of David during his Madison Square Garden concert to protest President Trump’s remarks on the Charlottesville rally, which involved racist and antisemitic violence.
- Billy Joel wore a yellow Star of David on his jacket during his sold-out Madison Square Garden concert on August 21, 2017, protesting the Charlottesville rally.
- Joel acted after the 2017 Unite the Right rally where white nationalists marched shouting 'Jews will not replace us' and one protester was killed in a car attack.
- He said Trump’s comment that there were 'very fine people on both sides' failed to condemn hate groups, prompting Joel to quietly but powerfully take a stand on stage.
- Joel stated 'Nazis aren't very fine people,' recalled his family was wiped out in the Holocaust, and declared, 'I had to show what side I'm on' during his HBO documentary.
- Joel’s protest emphasized condemnation of racism and violence, highlighting moments when silence conveys complicity and reinforcing that standing up against hate remains crucial.
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Billy Joel blasts Trump over Charlottesville comments in new documentary
Myrna M. Suarez/Getty Images Billy Joel is not an artist who often gets political. But in the second part of his HBO documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, he has some very strong words for President Donald Trump regarding the comments he made after 2017’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. While Billy says in the film that he “never liked getting political onstage,” he did just that after Trump responded to the rally of white…
Billy Joel condemns Donald Trump’s Charlottesville comments
The "Piano Man" wore a Star of David on his jacket at his Madison Square Garden concert in response to the 2017 rally. Kevin Mazur/Getty; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Billy Joel and Donald TrumpBilly Joel is slamming President Donald Trump over his claim that there were “very fine people on both sides” of 2017's “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.“I’ve never liked getting political onstage," Joel confessed in the second in…
Billy Joel blasts Trump over Charlottesville comments in new documentary - Everett Post
Billy Joel is not an artist who often gets political. But in the second part of his HBO documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes, he has some very strong words for President Donald Trump regarding the comments he made after 2017’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. While Billy says in the film that he “never liked getting political onstage,” he did just that after Trump responded to the rally of white nationalists by giving a spe…
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