Overview
- Nugent used a Jan. 1 episode of his Let's Talk Music podcast to single out Jack White, Eminem, Green Day and Tom Morello by name.
- He called White and Eminem "total idiots" and alleged they oppose secure borders and support transgender athletes in women's sports, claims the reports note are unsubstantiated.
- Nugent further claimed the artists want to "invite jihadists in" who aim to kill Americans, attributing views not evidenced in the coverage.
- Addressing Tom Morello, Nugent said "You're not raging against the machine; you are the machine" and invited him to appear on the show to defend his politics.
- Despite the attacks, Nugent praised musicianship, rating veterans like Sammy Hagar, James Brown, Steven Tyler, Angus Young and Billy Gibbons as "tens," while saying Green Day still play "really, really killer stuff."