Jackie Evancho, who sang at Donald Trump’s inauguration, is already upset with him
Jackie Evancho, the sixteen year old former America’s Got Talent runner up, created controversy when she decided to perform for Donald Trump’s inauguration at a time when famous singers were turning him down left and right. Those who refused to perform cited everything from his racist views, to his status as a sexual predator, to his Russian treason, to his choice of an anti-LGBT extremist running mate. But now even Evancho is upset with Trump.
The singer launched a pair of tweets at Donald Trump today after his Justice Department moved sharply against the civil rights of transgender people. Evancho has a transgender sister, and even though her fan base tried to warn her last month that Trump’s administration would end up being fervently anti-LGBT, she now seems shocked at today’s development. Her first tweet read “I am obviously disappointed in the @POTUS decision to send the transgender bathroom issue to the states to decide.”
Three hours later, Evancho then followed it up with another tweet which read “Donald Trump, u gave me the honor 2 sing at your inauguration. Pls give me & my sis the honor 2 meet with u 2 talk transgender rights.”
It’s unclear why she would have thought Donald Trump had any regard for transgender or LGBT rights, aftershethey saw him choose anti-LGBT extremist Mike Pence as his running mate. But in any case it’s clear that Jackie Evancho is having buyer’s remorse over having validated Trump’s bigotry by singing at his inauguration, and she’s choosing family over politics. Now how far will she go in publicly pushing back against Trump?
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