WATCH – Kid Rock Takes On Critics in Detroit Stump Speech: ‘Wait ‘Til They Hear Kid Rock for President’

Kid Rock delivered a defiant political speech from behind a podium during his concert Tuesday night in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in which he blasted “deadbeat dads” and “f*cking bigots” and the KKK, telling them to “stay the f*ck away.”

The rocker — who was warming up at the Van Andel Arena for a six-night stand at the Little Caesars Arena in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, later this month — donned a star-spangled scarf as “Hail to the Chief” played over the loudspeaker, before he launched into a fiery stump-style speech.

Rock — real name Robert James Ritchie — has repeatedly teased that he will run for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan next year.

The singer said God had blessed him in his career, but that he believed most politicians were interested in “redistribution of wealth:” “And I don’t believe you should save, sacrifice, do things by the book, and then have to take care of some deadbeat, milking-the-system, lazy-ass motherf*cking man.”

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Rock said the issue of single parenthood was near to his heart, but that America should not reward women who can’t take care of themselves, but keep having “kid after f*cking kid.”

“Of course we should help them out, I don’t want to sound like a jerk,” he added. “But let’s help them out with childcare, job creating, and put their goddamn asses to work!”

Rock also took on “deadbeat dads:” “I say lock all you a**holes up and throw away the f*cking keys!”

“And if you want to take a knee, or sit during our Star-Spangled Banner,” he continued. “Call me a racist ’cause I’m not PC, and think you have to remind me that black lives matter? Nazis, f*cking bigots, and now again the KKK? Screw all you assholes, stay the f*ck away!”

As he spoke, the musician’s lines were punctuated by blasts from his band’s guitarist and drummer.

“Now let’s get down to brass tacks, before I hit you with this funk,” he continued. “Like it or not, Hillary Clinton lost, and your president is Donald mother*cking Trump. But if Kid Rock for Senate has got folks in disarray, wait ’til they hear Kid Rock for President of the U.S.A.!”

Rock’s campaign-style speech comes as he has repeatedly taken on critics of his possible Senate candidacy. Last week, the “Born Free” singer responded to a complaint that he had not yet filed candidacy requirement documentation by pointedly telling his critics: “Go f*ck yourselves.”

Early polling conducted on a hypothetical matchup between Rock and incumbent Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) found the musician with a narrow lead statewide, though he boasts a double-digit lead over his closest potential Republican rivals.

 

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