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Dropkick Murphys Unleash TrumpEpstein Montage During Warped Tour Set

Ken Casey prefaced his dedication of 'First Class Loser' with a barrage of insults, followed by archival footage tracing Trump’s flight logs, party appearances, magazine quotes to Epstein.

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Overview

  • The band dedicated “First Class Loser” to President Donald Trump at the Vans Warped Tour stop in Long Beach on July 27.
  • Frontman Ken Casey opened the set with a scathing introduction labeling Trump “a guy who wears orange makeup, shits his pants in his diapers, rapes women, touches kids.”
  • A backdrop montage displayed clips of Trump drinking water, climbing Air Force One stairs and posing with a Bible alongside scans of Epstein’s private plane flight logs and 1992 party footage.
  • The visuals included a 2002 New York Magazine quote in which Trump praised Jeffrey Epstein as “terrific” and “a lot of fun to be with.”
  • The performance follows the band’s withdrawal from Punk in the Park over a promoter’s Trump donation and continues its pattern of on-stage anti-Trump activism.