Blue-collar populist singer Oliver Anthony insisted he’s no Joe Biden fan Saturday after torching Republicans for using his hit song “Rich Men North of Richmond” for political ends.
“Corporate news (big surprise) is now trying to twist me into being a Biden supporter,” the singer said in a Facebook post:
This will be my last post about politics on social media. I apologize for beating a dead horse, but I just need to address this quote in my video earlier, since it’s been misquoted / misinterpreted this evening. Corporate news (big surprise) is now trying to twist me into being a Biden supporter.“That song has nothing to do with Joe Biden, it’s a lot bigger than Joe Biden” is referencing DeSantis’ response to my song. He talks about needing to get Joe Biden out, as if that would automatically solve all the problems. Biden is a big part of the issue, bit it runs much deeper.Rich Men North of Richmond is about corporate owned DC politicians on both sides. Though Biden’s most certainly a problem, the lyrics aren’t exclusively knocking Biden, it’s bigger and broader than that. It’s knocking the system collectively. Including the corporate owned conservative polticans that were on stage that night.
On Friday, Anthony had posted a 10-minute YouTube video that dissed Republicans for claiming his anthem as their own at Wednesday’s GOP presidential debate, where it was featured as part of a question.
“Rich Men North of Richmond” has become a national phenomenon and the first song by an artist with no chart history to top the Billboard Hot 100.
