Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider should be happy to find someone is still interested in his band’s work, but instead the rocker attacked Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake as a “fascist moron” after a pro-Lake Twitter account shared the lyrics to his 1984 song, “We’re Not Gonna Take It.”
Responding to a Twitter account that described itself as Lake’s official campaign account, Snider clarified that the song is a pro-abortion anthem that specifically rallies around a woman’s right to kill her unborn child.
“HEY IDIOTS! READ 1ST LINE: ‘We have the right to CHOOSE!’ This is a PRO-CHOICE anthem, you or co-opters. It was NEVER intended for you fascist idiots!” Snider exclaimed Sunday.
“As a songwriter and singer, I condemn EVERYTHING [Kari Lake] STANDS FOR! Write your own damn song!” he added.
HEY IDIOTS! READ 1ST LINE:
“We have the right to CHOOSE!”
This is a PRO-CHOICE anthem, you or co-opt. It was NEVER intended for you fascist morons!
As a songwriter and singer, I condemn EVERYTHING @KariLake STANDS FOR!
Write your own damn song!@CNN @FoxNews @MSNBC https://t.co/iNwMFoxI0V
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) 31 July 2022
“The subtext of your song is very clear to us, [Dee Snider]. We have the right to choose to vote [Kari Lake],” Lake’s campaign account wrote in response to the Twisted Sister singer.
After being asked if he will file a copyright lawsuit in response to Lake’s campaign allegedly playing the song at her rallies, Snider said, “I’ve explained this many times. You don’t have to get permission to play a song at a event. Same as a baseball game.”
“And I’m not going to try to stop anyone (unless they’re using it without permission for commercial use – that’s different) that I disagree with. I WILL condemn them,” added the singer.
I have explained it many times. You do not need permission to play a song at an event. Same as a baseball game.
And I won’t try to stop anyone (unless they’re using it without permission for commercial use – that’s different) that I disagree with. I WILL condemn them. https://t.co/ufgTkQquyQ
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) 31 July 2022
“While I detest what this ignoramus [Kari Lake] stands for and the deplorables (yup, Hillary Clinton was right) she represents, I can NOT legally or morally prevent her from using or singing my song,” Snider said in another tweet.
“I wrote it to everyone … cherry picking who uses it is censorship,” he added.
While I detest what this ignorance @KariLake stands for and the deplorables (yup, Hillary Clinton was right) she represents, I can NOT legally or morally stop her from using or singing my song. I wrote it to everyone…cherry picking who uses it is censorship. https://t.co/F1rrnhRWNf
— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) 28 July 2022
Last year, Snider announced that he would not allow unvaccinated fans to attend his concerts, proclaiming, “Fuck you,” adding that the chance of making him sick from the Chinese coronavirus represents “an invasion of my privacy.”
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