{"id":229626,"date":"2026-05-13T05:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/229626\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T05:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:27:12","slug":"rage-against-the-machines-tom-morello-faces-backlash-after-singing-at-nyc-ice-protest-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/229626\/","title":{"rendered":"Rage Against the Machine&#8217;s Tom Morello faces backlash after singing at NYC ICE protest rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Musician Tom Morello faced a backlash from conservatives after he played to the crowd Tuesday at the Hands off NYC protest at the Federal Plaza in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The guitarist, who is known for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/rage-against-machine-guitarist-rips-trump-over-presidents-feud-bruce-springsteen-fiery-rant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Rage Against the Machine;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Rage Against the Machine&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Rage Against the Machine<\/a> and Audioslave, sang Woodie Guthrie\u2019s &#8220;This Land is Your Land,&#8221; along with the lines that said: &#8220;In the squares of the city, in the shadow of the steeple, near the relief office, I see my people. Some are crumbling and all are wondering if this land\u2019s still made for you and me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A cheering crowd who held signs that said &#8220;Hands off NYC&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/springsteen-tells-ice-get-f-out-minneapolis-slams-gestapo-tactics-concert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:ICE is illegal;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ICE is illegal&quot;}\" class=\"link \">ICE is illegal<\/a>&#8221; sang along with the 61-year-old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;My mother and I lived at 142nd and Riverside a long time ago,&#8221; Morello told the crowd, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/tom-morello-trump-ice-abuses-nyc-1235561313\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Rolling Stone;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Rolling Stone&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Rolling Stone<\/a>. &#8220;Brothers and sisters, if I\u2019ve learned one thing in all my years since then, it\u2019s that if it\u00a0looks like fascism, sounds like fascism, dresses like fascism, talks like fascism, kills like fascism, and lies like fascism \u2014 brothers and sisters, it\u2019s f&#8212;ing fascism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/bruce-springsteen-offers-prayer-trump-after-whca-dinner-shooting-despite-months-criticism\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Bruce Springsteen Offers &#039;Prayer&#039; For Trump After Whca Dinner Shooting Despite Months Of Criticism;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bruce Springsteen Offers &#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Bruce Springsteen Offers &#8216;Prayer&#8217; For Trump After Whca Dinner Shooting Despite Months Of Criticism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Tom Morello playing guitar at a protest\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/722b8548f4ba75d327577e6dc75cd604.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tom Morello sang &#8220;This Land is Your Land&#8221; at an ICE protest in New York on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also referred to the Trump administration as an &#8220;authoritarian clown show&#8221; and called for a &#8220;mass movement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/dropkick-murphys-take-aim-trump-ice-rewritten-lyrics-ship-them-out-boston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:peaceful anti-fascist crime fighters;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;peaceful anti-fascist crime fighters&quot;}\" class=\"link \">peaceful anti-fascist crime fighters<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Read On The Fox News App;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Read On The Fox News App&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Read On The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A video of Morello singing that was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/2054250999351517574\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:posted to X;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;posted to X&quot;}\" class=\"link \">posted to X<\/a> received a multitude of negative comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bruce-springsteen-trashed-home-state-paper-over-expensive-anti-trump-concerts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Bruce Springsteen Trashed By Home State Paper Over Expensive Anti-trump Concerts;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bruce Springsteen Trashed By Home State Paper Over Expensive Anti-trump Concerts&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Bruce Springsteen Trashed By Home State Paper Over Expensive Anti-trump Concerts<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Performs being the apt word here, lol. Like a commie circus clown,&#8221; one person wrote while another said: &#8220;Lowlife Tom Morello wants Americans to be murdered by illegal aliens and trillions wasted on them. F this guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click Here To Sign Up For The Entertainment Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A third person said: &#8220;So now he&#8217;s raging for the machine he pretended to rage against&#8230; does he know?&#8221; and another said: &#8220;Making money on the downfall of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Tom Morello at No Kings protest\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/f1bebcdf8b5e0beb32dcffc3f339e8cd.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tom Morello at a No Kings protest in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It&#8217;s honestly pathetic. Tom Morello is a washed-up loser trying to stay relevant,&#8221; a fifth wrote.&#8221; I bet all the terrorist Gen Zers in the crowd have no idea who he is or what he actually stands for. Very sad to see what has happened to our culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Like What You\u2019re Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Like What You\u2019re Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Like What You\u2019re Reading? Click Here For More Entertainment News<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He received a swell of support, though, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYKtjzvET8K\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:on Instagram;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;on Instagram&quot;}\" class=\"link \">on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Thanks Tom Morello and New York! Appreciate your support for immigrants,&#8221; one commenter wrote. &#8220;One of my favorite Woody Guthrie sings. Great lyrics. Keep up the good work. In the end, we will derail Trump &amp; friends\u2019 authoritarian train and get the country on a better track towards justice for all, citizens and immigrants alike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Bruce Springsteen performing with Nils Lofgren, Tom Morello, Max Weinberg, Jake Clemons, and Anthony Almonte on stage\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e7f13204cfc4904e5b6cbf1b79976d1b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tom Morello performed with Bruce Springsteen at Madison Square Garden on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;thanks tom! Great message!&#8221; another said, and a third wrote: &#8220;The song stands for we the people you d&#8211;n right it\u2019s our soul. Thank you for sharing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Keep singing, keep protesting!&#8221; another urged, while a fifth person said: &#8220;This is so beautiful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Click Here To Download The Fox News App;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click Here To Download The Fox News App&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click Here To Download The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Morello also played a show with fellow President Donald Trump critic Bruce Springsteen on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fox News Digital has reached out to Morello for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Original article source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/rage-against-machines-tom-morello-faces-backlash-after-singing-nyc-ice-protest-rally\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Rage Against the Machine&#039;s Tom Morello faces backlash after singing at NYC ICE protest rally;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Rage Against the Machine&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Rage Against the Machine&#8217;s Tom Morello faces backlash after singing at NYC ICE protest rally<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Musician Tom Morello faced a backlash from conservatives after he played to the crowd Tuesday at the Hands&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64,90169,89905],"class_list":["post-229626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-this-land-is-your-land","tag-tom-morello"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}