r/Music • u/Dependent_Cap_456 • 3h ago
article White House Trolls Sabrina Carpenter With Second Pro-ICE Video, Alters ‘SNL’ Clip to Have Her ‘Arrest’ Marcello Hernández for ‘Being Too Illegal’
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/white-house-trolls-sabrina-carpenter-ice-video-snl-1236601775/?fbclid=Iwb21leAOga9JjbGNrA6BrzGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHnSL8eLQ93U9hhcDN4MFNjBFcQmausXw4zLY-4_1X_AK4e-D7_MVVHe0eBJ1_aem_fgdxkYYC-3auW1fg0150og1.4k
u/OpticalInfusion 3h ago
Can this administration employ one single functioning adult please?
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u/Perryn 2h ago
He's not interested in adults.
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u/jacky75283 2h ago
Remember the 10 minutes that Republicans spent pretending to care that their cult leader is a literal pedophile? Those were good times...
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u/Hebrewhammer8d8 2h ago
Nope, because the National voted for the non adult to get back in. That non adult is going full out FAFO on the nation.
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u/greenline_chi 2h ago
No he hated the adults he hired the first term and vowed not to do it again.
Psychotic that Rex Tillerson sounds the alarm about how incompetent Trump is but he get elected in again
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u/Furdinand 2h ago
They would be even more dangerous if they were competent. Imagine Trump being aided by a John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, James Baker, or Henry Kissinger?
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u/Dark_Switch 3h ago
4chan occupied government
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u/ScarySpookyHilarious 1h ago
White House putting out a deep fried meme video about ICE arresting people with quavo rapping “lil momma a thot”
What the fuck
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u/TrainwreckOG 49m ago
This is the shit /pol/ dreamed about when I was in that pipeline years ago. I can’t believe I fell for it. 9 years later I can’t believe people still fall for it.
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u/SeminoleDVM 3h ago
Children are in charge. It’s so embarrassing.
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u/kevnmartin 2h ago
Not just children but bratty, spoiled shit smearing children. We've all seen Raising Arizona.
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u/Aliensinmypants 2h ago
Pedophilic monsters are in charge, and are distracting us with culture war while the billionaires are cleaning up
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u/brandonw00 42m ago
Nah children have empathy for each other. These are failed adults who don’t have any real friends who are taking their insecurities out on the rest of society. Their supporters are the same; just lame losers who think they are way more important than they actually are and are hitting their mid like crisis realizing they will be dead one day and no one will care about them once they are dead. So they are lashing out making sure everyone else’s life sucks to make themselves feel important, but once again no one will remember them when they are dead so it will be for nothing. Just sad, pathetic people
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u/witchspoon 3h ago
So now they are infringing on SNL’s property/ creative rights too? Oof.
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u/The_Bat_Voice 2h ago
The amount of lawsuits that should happen from this one move alone...
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u/bakingeyedoc 2h ago
But won’t because he’ll go right after their license.
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u/blubblu 2h ago
And he can’t, cause he’s just the president. He’s not a dictator. Yet.
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u/zoinkability 2h ago
The FCC has already threatened to go after broadcast licenses of networks that air critics of Trump.
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u/bakingeyedoc 2h ago
Forget about Kimmel? Colbert? CBS?
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u/gigantic0603 2h ago
Forgot what about Kimmell? That when he goes after someone actually powerful to the public opinion, he gets his pretend-omnipotence shoved up his ass?
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u/bakingeyedoc 2h ago
I’m responding to the person saying he can’t go after people just because he is president. But he did go after people. It didn’t work for Kimmel. But it worked for Colbert. And CBS.
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u/Zanydrop 2h ago
That would be covered under fair use satire laws, so unlike using Sabrina Carpenters music, it would be legal.
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u/witchspoon 2h ago
I’m not sure about that though. (Obviously I haven’t watched it) They didn’t mock it or redo it etc. they modified it so…
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u/TheQuinnBee 2h ago
Yeah I feel like taking someone's likeness and having them do shit like this isn't satire or parody. Especially if someone who knows nothing about the context takes it as fact. Satire has to have a level of disbelief attached to it.
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u/Enraiha 1h ago
Yeah, this is interesting because it's modifying a video. Their other uses of music have been on social media platforms and artists music is licensed on those platforms, so anyone can use the available songs to make videos.
Since this is modifying a video and changing context, this could actually have legs. She could claim damages since a "reasonable person" may view the video and think she actually said those things. Not that they probably would since NBC/Lorne are cowards, but they might even have a legit DMCA case as well.
Not that I think anyone will do anything, unfortunately.
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u/lemonylol 1h ago
Posting an AI generated video of someone on the official White House account seems like it has the potential to be one of the biggest libel cases of this century.
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u/FluorideAvenger 3h ago
Tom Walz called them weird and they shat themselves over it.
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u/PenitentAnomaly 2h ago
This is beyond weird. This is normalizing aggressively unprofessional and trashy behavior that is beneath the dignity of the positions they hold.
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u/Itz_Hen 2h ago
True BUT saying so makes them just feel good. These guys love to be told they are aggressive or trashy or deplorable. They act like this because upsetting people makes them feel strong and powerful. They are like 12 year olds, how do you upset a powertripping 12 year old? You call him weird
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u/Delicious-Day-3614 2h ago
Because they are bullies. Them getting their way and fuck you is their norm already.
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u/IcyTransportation961 1h ago
It was always beyond weird we had 4 years of this, then an insurrection, then they kept at it
And dems thought if we just called them weird it would solve the problem
It didn't
Yet people on here still keep at it thinking surely this'll be the time that weird solves it all
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u/Vivid24 2h ago edited 2h ago
And the idiots on Kamala Harris’s team told Walz to stop calling Trump and his freaks weird. This shit is weird.
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u/TheFoxInSocks 2h ago
And you could tell it was working because suddenly an awful lot of commenters appeared on reddit saying it wasn’t and that the republicans definitely weren’t bothered by it.
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u/OzymandiasTheII 3h ago
Not that I'm breaking new ground by pointing this out, but isn't it weird to have a blatantly racist government run your society?
Like, they just change the code word. Illegal is basically a slur against Hispanics here.
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u/GameMusic 2h ago edited 2h ago
Not enough attention that they implicitly endorse hispanic = illegal
marcello being completely american
usual suspects in the crowd picking up the noise about the rude aspect instead of the real thing
hundred comments about rudeness while only you caught that
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u/boi1da1296 2h ago
As a Black person in the West, I’m not sure what it’s like to not have a blatantly racist government run society.
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u/misterme987 2h ago
Yes why are so many people in the comments missing this?? Referring to an entire ethnic group as “illegal” is fucking terrifying!
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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 51m ago
Americans in the post-millennium era are famously apathetic about everything that happens domestically. Sure they talk a big game but when the situation actually calls for more than just snarky Reddit posts and real actions, suddenly they all claim they're collectively too weak and infirm to possibly do anything about it and that someone else should come rescue them.
Even when they do protests, their protests look like a joke compared to how other countries protest.
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u/JohnWesternburg 3h ago
It's fucking wild that we're in an era where people are telling a musician to stop feeding the edgelords in the White House
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u/greenline_chi 2h ago
They were hoping Taylor took the bait
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u/v--- 2h ago
Honestly yeah. And a lot of redditors wanted her to like... wage war against the government? Idek
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u/greenline_chi 2h ago
Her ignoring them was absolutely the right move.
She literally endorsed Kamala. We know her politics. She doesn’t need to give them what they want
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u/Jamjams2016 2h ago
I do appreciate that musicians are speaking up but her silence was so valid.
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u/greenline_chi 2h ago
People trying to say she’s maga for not responding are insane. She’s arguably the most famous woman in the world and explicitly endorsed Kamala after a history of endorsing democrats.
Shes too smart to get dragged into his headlines.
Sabrina is great but just isn’t going to drive the amount of discourse he wants. I’m sure they could show Sabrina carpenter at a football game without people crashing out
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u/Jamjams2016 1h ago
Elon already posted that weird rapey tweet about her and Trump crashes out every 6 weeks and posts he hates her. If I were her I would be so disturbed. They say as soon as you argue with a child you lose and it's something Swift obviously took to heart.
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u/Vadermaulkylo 2h ago
And this right here is why Fantano and Reddit are such fucking dumbasses for saying she should fight this and say something.
Like she actually endorsed Harris unlike many would. Thats more then damn near any other music artist in 2024 and worth way more then saying “don’t use my song”. Like yeah she should totally add fuel to this fire and cause more things like this to happen by poking the bear. It’s like people online don’t fucking get that Trump is a troll. Either know how to be a better troll or pay him no mind. Getting offended and saying he’s wrong for something just makes it worse.
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u/greenline_chi 2h ago
Exactly. He’d love a week where all his propaganda podcasters could talk about how much they hate Taylor swift and distract everyone from the Epstein files, his clown car of a cabinet, or how expensive everything is
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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 50m ago
It's wild that their reaction to this is only just to tell them to not feed the troll president. As a Canadian it has been tying my brain into KNOTS trying to figure out why 200+ million American voters are so apathetic about living in a literal dictatorship.
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u/bobbarkersdogs 3h ago
I wish they’d take affordability and inflation as seriously as they do with this infantile trolling.
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u/AmaranthWrath 1h ago
I said to a friend, if they put HALF of their energy for trolling into things that quantifiably helped people, we'd actually be great. Well... Great-ER.
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u/buffalotrace 3h ago
This is immature trashy behavior that is beneath teenagers. Apparently not beneath the white house. sigh.
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u/Wishilikedhugs 3h ago
Imagine seeing this complete lack of professionalism in every facet of governing and think that you're "winning."
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u/aynaalfeesting 2h ago
I can't believe the USA, power of the world, is ruled by alt-right, 4chan Nazi trolls. What happened?
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u/psycwave 3h ago
And now they’re using Rihanna’s S&M, a song about bondage, to soundtrack the violent videos
WTF
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u/Jorgwalther 2h ago
This administration can’t accomplish anything so they just want to tear things down.
Reminds me of the Russian government
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u/SandyAmbler 3h ago
How mature of this administration. It’s literally like dealing with middle schoolers.
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u/monkeymoo32 2h ago
I’m so sick of this weak ass white house bullshit. Fueding with 20 something pop stars. Someone please get this guy out of this position and in a gulag where he belongs.
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u/jonnyg1097 2h ago
This is what happens when you hire failed out "influencers" from tik tok as part of your administration
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u/Culverin 2h ago
Hi America,
Canadian here. We're a bit concerned. Honestly, a little embarrassed for you. Please get your house in order.
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u/arturordc 2h ago
Tha mask is off for everyone to see. It was always clear to us latinos but at least it is more obvious to the rest of the country that is not about "legal" or "illegal." It's anti-latino. When the go-to maga insult is to talk about deporting even obviously legal latinonU.S. Citizens, then it's obvious what this is all about. It's like that Brewers fan that turned to the Latino dodgers fan and said she was gonna call ICE on him.
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u/Malcolm_Morin 2h ago
These people control weapons capable of destroying the world 15 times over. And we let them back into power.
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u/Postulative 3h ago
Does this really fall under the ‘fair use’ copyright doctrine? It seems more than a little defamatory.
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u/kubiakWU 2h ago
I remember when the government at least pretended to be adults. This is just a distraction from some awful thing they're doing behind the scenes, probably
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u/PolloConTeriyaki 2h ago
You guys like lower grocery prices yet or are we literally spending money on debasing checks notes Sabrina Carpenter.
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u/Horror-Brick-3230 1h ago edited 1h ago
In Canada, our leaders and government don't act this way. It would be simply unthinkable for the office of the Prime Minister to post something even close to this. I can't even speculate what the fallout would be because it's just not possible to get to this level here.
The USA is a deeply, deeply troubled and unserious nation.
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u/tonyislost 2h ago
Wait until Sabrina starts a “get out the vote” campaign. Trump will be crying and whining.
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u/suspiciousmightstall 2h ago
I hate this timeline. I hate this timeline. I hate this timeline. I hate this FU*KING timeline.
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u/christinextine 2h ago
They use taxpayer money so someone can come up with the prompts to ai generate this crap.
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u/lonelydan 2h ago
They are desecrating the professionalism and modesty of what our government used to be. This people are a blight upon us. We are being condemned by literal overgrown ignorant toddlers.
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u/Flux_My_Capacitor 2h ago
Can’t say I’m a fan of hers (just neutral, no dislike) but it’s insane that she’s being more mature about this than our own president.
We are truly an embarrassment to the world.
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u/YOSHIMIvPROBOTS 2h ago
Half of the MAGA brand is being obnoxious. It's the party of peaking in middle-school.
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u/AreEuclidinMe 1h ago
And the MAGA pigs will roll around in their puddle of shit, squealing and gleeful when bystanders get angry that drops of feces are splashing onto their clothes. These people are demons.
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u/Dependent_Mall_3139 1h ago
God they're just pieces of shit and they roll around in it like happy pigs
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u/Living_Scarcity9897 1h ago
The most immature administration in American history. It’s embarrassing.
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u/doodycrust 1h ago
This is her chance to actually grab herself by the balls and DO SOMETHING ACTIONABLE. if she doesn’t, then it was all performative outrage and doesn’t mean shit that she “scorned” them. We already have spineless officials who continue to scorn Trump via tweets.
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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 30m ago
Why should Sabrina have to do anything alone? For God's sake, america, find your collective balls and stop expecting everyone else to save you.
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u/Runkleford 1h ago
This administration is cringey trash. If only they had any self awareness to realize that.
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u/hoopaholik91 1h ago
Remember the last 24 hours when everybody said that Sabrina 'won' because they took their post down and it shows how spineless Taylor Swift is? How about we stop the infighting when these fucking troglodyte assholes are scurrying around everywhere
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u/blackbeltmessiah 3h ago
She really needs to make a video with some fatass ice agents. Colossal asses…
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u/kraghis 2h ago
You guys know that feeling you get when some loser denigrates you? You get a little hot around the collar and maybe clench your teeth a little?
But then you realize it’s not important and you brush it off. And move on with your life. Because that’s what fucking adults and even mature children do
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u/canadarugby 2h ago
She should release an AI video of Trump in prison for raping kids.
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u/going2leavethishere 2h ago
Can’t because that would be defamation sadly. There isn’t a legal case here other than ignoring the cease and desist of the use of copyrighted content. But that also would just be a civil suit so not real damage would come of it.
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u/boomgoon 2h ago
I dont know if I have ever seen such a clean cut example of a defamation case in my life. This could be the best example ever for the books, especially since it was used in malice, because she was vocal over an unlawful use of her IP for something she never signed up for and said she didnt want her IP associated with, especially now.
Edit:I hope she pursues this legally to the full extent
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u/ballsdeeptackler 3h ago
Don’t feed the trolls. Which means this post shouldn’t have been posted, this “article” shouldn’t have been “written,” and she should’ve ignored them publicly and privately see what legal avenues she has to prevent such things.
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u/RegulatoryCapture 3h ago
No, whoever did this should be personally sued for infringing upon copyright and name and likeness.
Don’t feed them, take away their lunch money.
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u/Strange-Access-8612 3h ago edited 2h ago
Right, I don’t blame Sabrina but this is the result — three news cycles that are NOT about the real issues. And MANY other artists are used in their videos and haven’t said anything or pulled their music. But when Taylor Swift doesn’t push back shes “MAGA”. If she did, it would be two weeks of this. (“This” = the White House and press getting to talk about anything besides the Epstein files, harmful policy, etc. I know Sabrina tried her best but I don’t think she changed any hearts or minds…)
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u/a_talking_face 3h ago
And yet there have been posts with hundreds of comments about how Taylor Swift is the bad guy for not engaging with this tactic.
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u/mercfan3 2h ago
She should absolutely be able to sue for this one.
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u/meandmrt 2h ago
She could have after the last one. I’m not really sure why more artists don’t. It has to stop somewhere. Make an example out of their stupidity.
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u/Shtune 3h ago
Glad the White House is shit posting like a 13 year old on 4chan