US EditionWhite House Uses ‘Jet2 Holiday’ TikTok Sound In Deportation Video—Prompting Rebuke From Singer
UNITED STATES, JUL 30 – The White House's video promoting Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportations using the viral Jet2 meme sparked backlash from artists and the public, with over 15,000 deportations reported in June.
- Jess Glynne criticized the White House for using her music in a deportation video, calling it "sick" because her songs promote "love, unity, and spreading positivity- never about division or hate."
- The White House incorporated the TikTok sound "Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday" in a video showing authorities detaining migrants.
- Zoe Lister, the voiceover actress, stated she would "never condone my voiceover being used" to support the policies of division.
- Glynne, along with other musicians, has publicly opposed the use of their music by Trump in the past.
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Travel company responds to White House's use of popular meme: 'Very disappointed'
(NEXSTAR) – A spokesperson for U.K. travel brands Jet2 and Jet2holidays said the company finds it “very disappointing” that the Trump administration promoted the Department of Homeland Security’s deportation efforts using a meme referencing Jet2. The meme had previously become popular on platforms including TikTok and Instagram, where users would share videos of themselves or others in compromising and sometimes harrowing situations, overlaid wi…
A viral video about the holidays has become the instrument of a controversial message, since Trump's team seized it to mock the evicted migrants from the United States.
White House Slammed After Using Popular TikTok Meme To Mock Deported Immigrants
Proving once again that the cruelty is the point—and their social media is cringe—the official White House X account posted video of abducted immigrants being placed on a plane with singer Jess Glynne's "Hold My Hand" and the Jet2 holiday ad voiceover in an attempt to capitalize on a viral TikTok moment.Jet2 is a British low-cost airline whose subsidiary company Jet2holidays offers vacation packages.On TikTok, people are using the company's "not…
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