Trans singer opened rally with ‘”Your God has a big, fat….” and other lyrics sexualizing the God of the Bible and Jesus
by Guy Page
Bernie Sanders called a song performed by a trans singer at a March 7 Oligarchy Tour rally “reprehensible,”a spokesperson said today.
He also said the song – or rather, the media backlash that began after Laura Jane Grace sang “Your God has a big, fat —-” in Kenosha, Wisconsin to open a Sanders rally – is “distracting from the crises we need to be focused on right now. “
VDC emailed Vermont’s senior senator’s press office this morning for a comment. In return, press aide Anna Bahr replied:
“Senator Sanders is focused on fighting oligarchy and ending authoritarianism in America. He found the song’s lyrics reprehensible and distracting from the crises that we need to be focused on right now.”
In addition to an oft-sung chorus suggesting that God was ——- the singer, the song’s verses also contained strong sexual references to the God of the Jewish-Christian Bible and to his Son. Furthermore the chorus was picked up by many members of the cheering crowd – as its simple, repetitive nature suggests it was meant to be.
For more information, see VDC news story today: Trans singer defends ‘does your God have a…..’ song at Sanders’ Oligarchy tour.