Secret Service investigates GWAR over fake Trump execution
The outrageous heavy metal band GWAR said they've been probed by Secret Service following fake executions of Donald Trump on stage.
The band has long been known for the shock value of its live performances, done in wild costumes and featuring heavy use of fake bodily fluids to spray on the audience.
Another facet of their show features the phony killing of public figures, including presidents dating back to at least Barack Obama and even the likes of Princess Diana.
However, more recently, the band has staged mock execution of a fake Trump, which the band's singer Mike 'Blöthar The Berserker' Bishop claims has gotten them investigated by the federal government.
'We killed President Obama. We didn't hear from the Secret Service. But you kill Trump, and you better believe that there's gonna be some s*** going on,' Bishop said.
Video of the band 'killing' President Trump at Warped Tour in Washington has gone viral in recent weeks, causing outrage with conservatives.
'And that happened to us. It happened to us not too long ago,' Bishop told Rockin' with Jam Man.
The band had even performed the mock executions during Trump's first term.
A member of the outrageous heavy metal band GWAR say they've been investigated by Secret Service following their fake executions of Donald Trump on stage
The band has long been known for the shock value of its live performances, done in wild costumes and featuring heavy use of fake bodily fluids to spray on the audience
When asked point blank if GWAR had been investigated by the Secret Service, Bishop chuckled and said: 'Let's just say that GWAR is on some lists.'
Bishop likened the phenomenon to a reverse of liberal-led cancel culture on behalf of the right.
'For years, GWAR would do whatever the f*** we wanted. We would kill politicians from both sides of the aisle. We would kill famous people. We never had any backlash,' he said.
He said that Trump's election has made people more and more on edge about the killing of sacred cows.
'But until Donald Trump got in office, that's when people started getting extremely upset about politics and music and politics in art.'
He said that while the band does offend typically left-leaning crowds, the only people who 'come after' them support Trump.
'It's not like feminists or the politically correct squad, they didn't really come after GWAR. Who came after GWAR was f***ing Trump fans. That's who came after GWAR,' he said.
Bishop said that the real problem with the controversy surrounding their show is that it causes ticket companies to think twice about working with them.
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However, more recently, the band has been publicly executing Trump, which the band's singer Mike 'Blöthar The Berserker' Bishop claims has gotten them investigated by the federal government
Video of the band 'killing' President Trump at Warped Tour in Washington has gone viral in recent weeks
'What they have to do is make it hard for you to make money. And that's what they try to do. And especially a company like Live Nation, which is a big concert company that does shows and stuff like that, they are susceptible to pressure from the government,' he said.
'And when you upset them, they can lean on you, and that is f***ing censorship, no matter what you call it. so, we have faced that. GWAR faces it all the time. It's a real f***ing thing.'
A spokesperson for the Secret Service declined comment specifically on the GWAR incident when reached by The Daily Mail.
'The US Secret Service investigates anything that can be perceived as a threat toward our protectees. Out of concern for operational security, we do not discuss matters of protective intelligence.'
Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
