When I first heard about the shooting in Minneapolis, I couldn’t have imagined what happened and what followed… the videos, the Trump administration resorting to lies in an attempt to control the narrative, the peaceful protests and ICE doubling down, escalating an already tragic situation. I don’t know why the Trump administration has to rely on violence during contentious times. What I do know is the lying and the violence has to stop. We can never let ourselves accept this behavior – our country is better than that.
As an artist, I knew I had to say/do something. Leave it to JD Vance to provide the inspiration – he literally couldn’t bring himself to say Renee Good’s name, calling Renee “that woman”. I can’t for the life of me understand how a human could go that low, then again, that’s JD. You own this MAGA – fix it. Anyway, I felt that JD’s response gave insight into the Trump administration, so that was the lens I used when writing the song “Renee Is Her Name”. You can hear the song over at my web page “Songs I’m Playing”. My hope is that you’ll remember person – her name was Renee Good.
Peace – Jeff