Trump revives 'The Snake' reading at North Carolina rally.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/523920-trump-revives-the-snake-reading-at-north-carolina-rally
Trump revives 'The Snake' reading at North Carolina rally
President Trump revived his use of a late left-wing activist's song called "The Snake" during a rally in North Carolina on Sunday while warning supporters his opponent would undo his immigration policies.
Trump recited the song's lyrics at his Hickory, N.C., rally. Trump once regularly recited "The Snake" at his rallies to warn about what he saw as the ills of immigration but the president hasn't used it since February. He said Sunday that supporters had asked him to reprise it.
The piece, originally released in 1963 by singer-songwriter and activist Oscar Brown, is based on an Aesop's fable called "The Farmer and the Viper" and is meant to teach how kindness can be exploited by malicious people.
Brown's daughters told CNN in 2017 that they had sent cease-and-desist orders to the Trump campaign urging the president to stop using the lyrics, claiming that he was misconstruing the song's meaning.
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