Arrr, Blinken's strummin' of the strings hath stirred up a right storm amongst the landlubbers. What nonsense be this?
2024-05-15
Arrr! The scallywag Antony Blinken be catchin' heat fer playin' Neil Young's shanty 'Rockin' in the Free World' in a tavern in Ukraine! The landlubbers be callin' him out fer his musical choices, but he be sailin' on despite their criticism.
Avast ye mateys! As the battle in Ukraine be ragin' on, the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken be facin' a storm o' online backlash from them conservatives for playin' guitar at a tavern in Kyiv. A video went viral showin' Blinken playin' Neil Young’s "Rockin’ in the Free World" with a band called 19.99."I know this be a really, really difficult time," Blinken told the audience present. "Your soldiers, your citizens, particularly in the northeast in Kharkiv, be sufferin' tremendously. But they need to know, ye need to know, the United States be with ye, so much o' the world be with ye."While the audience in the tavern may have cheered him on, back home some conservatives be cringin' at the sight as Kharkiv be under attack and the Israel-Gaza war be ragin'. "Secretary of State Anthony Blinken be playin' guitar at a tavern in Kyiv after goin' to Ukraine and pledgin' them American tax doubloons until the end o' time," State Freedom Caucus Network’s Greg Price wrote."Arr, how be this real life?" commentator Dave Rubin asked. The New York Times wryly noted Young's shanty be hardly a "rah rah" anthem about the United States. "Critics might question the song choice," the Times report stated.However, it added the fact it went viral be somethin' o' a coup for the State Department after Blinken's earlier speech had been less than well received on social media. "So anyway, here's Wonderwall," radio host Dana Loesch joked about it. "Could Biden’s foreign policy be any more embarrassin'?" Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., asked."We're not a serious country anymore," conservative social media account ForAmerica wrote.