Sturgill Simpson talks Bernie Sanders, Kanye West, and mainstream country on the Trillbillies leftist podcast: 5 things we learned
He is skeptical of all politicians, including Bernie Sanders, but he does like the idea of socialized health-care.
Simpson discussed politics at length with the Trillbillies, who are all avowed Sanders supporters. The singer-songwriter was open to the idea of supporting Sanders for the presidency and praised his consistency and straightforwardness and also offered up a personal tale that sold him on socialized medicine. But ultimately Simpson, a self-described “cynic,” appeared distrustful of electoral politics at large.
“I think he’s really running for president,” said the singer. “He knows he’s gonna get all the Coachella vote, so he’s like, ‘How can I get the right wing vote? I’lll start a church and go around with a MAGA hat and build a constituency.’ I don’t think anything that man does is an accident.”, Simpson furthered his own artificial public image once he realized he had no control over it.
After it became clear that Simpson was going to be branded as an artist who stood in opposition to mainstream country music during the height of his“If they’re gonna make me be that guy, then I’m just gonna fucking be that guy,” he said of the type of mainstream-bashing rebel character Simpson found himself painted as earlier in his career. “Because there’s money to be made there too. So I did, I just started taking pisses and shitting every time I opened my mouth, really out of self-amusement.
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