Eric Clapton Raises $2M for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Campaign in California

[Polybius]

Eric Clapton performed at a fundraiser for presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a private estate in Brentwood near Los Angeles.

The event raised $2.2 million for Kennedy: $1 million for the campaign and $1.2 million for a PAC supporting the candidate.

“I am deeply grateful to Eric Clapton for bringing his musical artistry and rebellious spirit to my gathering in Los Angeles last night,” Kennedy said in a statement. “I sometimes think that in our divided society, it is music rather than any kind of intellectual agreement that has the most potential to bring us together again.”

The presidential candidate continued, “Eric sings from the depths of the human condition. If he sees in me the possibility of bringing unity to our country, it is only possible because artists like him invoke a buried faith in the limitless power of human beings to overcome any obstacle.”

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Yikes...

[Deep State Witch]

1. From One Anti-Vaxxer To Another

Hopefully, someone at the fundraiser had COVID and spread the love around.

[Walleye]

2. Is this against campaign finance law, is Clapton in a US citizen?

[2naSalit]

4. That was my first question.

He probably is but he's lost a lot of his following with his politics. I hope they both get their just rewards at some point soon.

[JohnSJ]

5. No, he never became a U.S. citizen

[Walleye]

7. Is it legal for him to donate to an American political campaign?

[Beatlelvr]

13. Yes, but there's a cap to how much.

So disappointed Eric went off the rez, but he's still my guitar god. Going to two-day Crossroads Festival in LA this weekend.
Let's not do to him what happened to Dixie Chicks...total over reaction.
And yes, he did write alot of his own stuff.

[Walleye]

21. I sure still listen to him, I remember the early Cream albums

Not gonna quit listening to Van Morrison either

[brooklynite]

23. NO it is NOT legal for campaigns to receive fund from foreign citizens

Federal law prohibits contributions, donations, expenditures(including independent expenditures) and disbursements solicited, directed, received or made directly or indirectly by or from foreign nationals in connection with any federal, state or local election.

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/foreign-nationals

However the article doesn't say that he did. It says he performed at the fundraiser.

[Mosby]

29. Anyone can donate to a PAC, I think.

And any amount.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

30. I wonder how many Democrats feel the same way about Nugent

Yeah he’s a racist, but I don’t want to see him treated like the Dixie Chicks….

[wnylib]

55. Talented musician, scumbag human being.

[JohnSJ]

3. no surprise from super spreader Clapton

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[wnylib]

54. Proof that he really is an animal.

[JohnSJ]

56. I think you are thinking about Eric Burdon of the Animals. Not Eric Clapton

[wnylib]

57. Oops! Right. Got my Erics mixed up.

[JohnSJ]

58. +++

[brush]

6. Clapton is deeply flawed...an anti-vaxxer and racist.

Any way to expel him from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

I know there isn't, it's just a thought since the Hall took action agains racist and misogynist Jann Wenner recently.

And RFK jr. is only running to hurt Joe Biden and help republicans. What a disgrace to his name and family.

[tenderfoot]

9. He didn't write one hit of his own

The most overrated figure in rock history

[brush]

11. Thanks. I didn't know that but I've never particularly been a fan of his...

just knew he's supposed to be one of the better guitarists and bought the recording he did with BB King, a great guitarist, back in the early '00s I believe it was.

If BB was still alive I bet he'd regret ever working with Clapton.

[tenderfoot]

15. I personally don't believe he's one of the greatest. Pete Townsend, Jeff Beck, etc. were way better.

Many guitarists that know more than I feel the same. Clapton's style hasn't changed an iota since the late 60s. All of his hits, except for 'Tears in Heaven' (Crocodile Tears in Heaven) were written by other artists. He joins Mike Love as the most detested man in R&R.

[brush]

20. Must include Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan as greats too IMO.

I like Chuck Berry too, one of the early rockers.

I'm not a great judge of guitarists, just attracted to the sound of great rock licks on guitar like Keith Richard produces.

What do you think of his and Ron Woods' work?

[tenderfoot]

26. I'm more Keith Richards, so I can't gauge Ron Wood...

But we can add Eddie Van Halen, Zappa, Robert Cray (who totally blew off Clapton publicly a few years ago), Duane Alman, Buddy Guy, etc.

[brush]

27. Ok, ok. Love your list. Any of the jazz guitarists you like like...

Wes Montgomery and George Benson?

[tenderfoot]

28. Love those men

Don’t forget Pat Methany. 😊

[brush]

33. Yes, absolutely.

[DFW]

45. We like George Benson so much that.................

Our lead guitarist, call him "Hatch," covered him to the point where few could tell the difference:

We spliced in some visual footage of George Benson, but that was all us doing that track.

[ArnoldLayne]

35. And also add David Gilmour to the list.

[TSExile]

48. How about...

Peter Frampton?

[Polybius]

67. Maybe even Slash

CC Devile is super-underrated as well.

[SoFlaBro]

12. Didn't he write that goddamn shit "Tears for fucking Heaven" or some shit?

n/t

[tenderfoot]

16. That would be the only one I know of...

and that song blew btw.

[tenderfoot]

18. It was co-written with Will Jennings

He's so talentless he needs assistance to write a song about a son he couldn't be bothered to parent.

[SoFlaBro]

40. Clapton is a fucking pantload and a racist shitstain. Total garbage human and shitty parent.

n/t

[Demsrule86]

38. As I recall his son fell out of a window in their Apartment and died.

[SoFlaBro]

41. The fucking "genius" Clapton couldn't even put together a song from the goddamn heart by himself.

piss

[blue neen]

59. Well, I guess all of us can't be perfect.

.

[SoFlaBro]

65. Motherfuck Eric Clapton, that fucking asshole and racist shitbird troglodyte motherfucker. Piss on

that turd

[jcgoldie]

51. this is also false

Eric Clapton was not present.

[brush]

52. Thanks for the correction. I will delete. Still, how does it happen...

that a kid that young is left unattened by an open skyscrapper window?

[womanofthehills]

62. The male housekeeper was cleaning the window & opened it

Eric was not married to his son’s mother and did not live at the apartment.

[jcgoldie]

49. well love or hate Clapton thats patently false

Layla, Wonderful Tonight, Lay Down Sally, Tears in Heaven, Sunshine of Your Love, Badge, Bell Bottom Blues, Strang Brew... thats just off the top of my head... ???

[LudwigPastorius]

63. Except, half of "Layla" was stolen from Rita Coolidge.

[SoFlaBro]

66. Fuck Clapton where he fucking lives. Fuck him on the run. He is a racist piece of fucking shit.

shit

[prodigitalson]

8. of course he does

[underpants]

10. The pic on that article cuts Stephen Stills out. Yes I'm sad to say...

Link to tweet

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Link to tweet

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[The_Casual_Observer]

19. Stills is an asshole too.

Kennedy is a mentally impaired piece of shit. He lies when he's called out about the stupid shit he's on record saying. Clapton is a chinless overrated jackass. Player like John Bonamassa and even random YouTubers leave that chinless geezer in the dust.

[BlueIdaho]

61. Stills is a staunch Democrat.

He can also play circles around Clapton. What do you know that I don’t know?

[Johonny]

64. Stills backs Biden

Says he was only there at request of Clapton as a musician.

[LakeArenal]

17. Sad.

[Midnight Writer]

22. Gee, I hope he doesn't run off with Kennedy's wife, like he did with his pal George Harrison.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

24. I have a friend who wrote a song about that

It was something like “If you’re going to fuck your best friends wife, at least have the courtesy not to write a hit single about it”

[Blue Owl]

25. What a waste of money!

[OneGrassRoot]

31. Any non-assholes supporting RFK Jr.?

🤷‍♀️

[Sky Jewels]

44. Nope. It's pretty much anti-vaxx wackos, Putin fans, and Nazis in his camp.

All assholes.

[maxsolomon]

32. "Rebellious Spirit"?

Clapton's been on a major label for 60 years.

[Stinky The Clown]

34. Wutta fucking asshole

[Shermann]

36. Loonypalooza nt

[Demsrule86]

37. Eric Clapton is an anti-vaxer asshole just like Kennedy.

[Trailrider1951]

39. I'm thinking that many of those now-Kennedy supporters are those that have soured on TFG

and want some other populist loon to vote for. I don't think that Democrats have anything to worry about with him running. Seems to me that K, jr. will split the lunatic vote with TFG. Also, Clapton has been an ass for decades.

[leftyladyfrommo]

42. Clapton has been such a disappointment.

I loved his music but I sure don't think much of him.

[Sky Jewels]

43. Disgusting. They've both become the scum of the earth.

[dchill]

46. A marriage made in Q.

They share the inability to accept a ton of truth after they've bought an ounce of conspiratorial crack.

[milestogo]

50. Well he's officially nuts now.

[Lunabell]

53. Of course he did.

A racist pos helps another racist pos. Makes sense.

[BlueIdaho]

60. Decent guitarist - shit human being.

The former does not excuse the latter.