Blue-collar troubadour Oliver Anthony said that “Biden’s most certainly a problem” — but said his song’s lyrics “aren’t exclusively knocking” the pre…
In his Saturday post, he expanded on the comment while jabbing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has used the song as an applause line on the campaign trail
“DeSantis … talks about needing to get Joe Biden out, as if that would automatically solve all the problems,” Anthony wrote. “Biden is a big part of the issue, bit it runs much deeper.” Anthony explained that the lyrics of his song “have nothing to do with Biden” but are instead “knocking the system collectively.”Oliver Anthony has criticized Republicans — but says he’s no fan of President Biden.Instead, he said, his surprise hit “is about corporate owned DC politicians on both sides.”
“It’s knocking the system collectively,” Anthony wrote. “Including the corporate owned conservative polticans [sic] that were on stage [Wednesday] night.” Since it was uploaded two weeks ago, “Rich Men North of Richmond” has notched more than 42 million YouTube views, becoming the first song by an artist with no chart history to make No. 1 on theAnthony’ stated that simply removing Biden — who is “certainly a problem” — won’t fix things.
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