"Praying for the healing rain": Eric Clapton on his support for RFK, Jr.
Clapton lauds the kindred spirit as "a great man," who "says things that make sense," and "knows how to approach a hostile situation"
If only there were more of those who represent the noblest spirit of the Sixties; but they will do, since its time has clearly come again.
“He’s a great man!” – Eric Clapton addresses his attempt to donate to RFK Jr’s campaign
Clapton had previously tried to donate $5,000 to support Kennedy’s campaign.
August 24, 2023
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Eric Clapton has addressed his attempt to donate to Robert F Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign.
The musician had formerly tried to donate $5,000, but his attempt was invalid as Clapton is not only an English citizen, but his donation was also over the limit of $3,300.
As we reported back in July, Clapton describes himself as a “fan of freedom”, however [sic], for the last couple of years, he’s shown support for anti-vax figures and has exclusively given interviews to anti-vaccine outlets, including Kennedy’s own website.
It was recently revealed that Clapton attempted to pledge $5,000 to the conspiracy theorist and anti-vaccine politician by listing his city as “England,” and by blanking out the US-specific address details by listing his state as “ZZ” and his zip code as “99999”.
In a new interview with The Real Music Observer on YouTube, Clapton spoke about the attempted donation, as host David Spuria had shared that people had been sending him articles surrounding Clapton and his connections with the politician and anti-vaxxer.
“That’s good, the more the better! He’s a great man, I admire him,” he begins. “I tried to donate some money very naively being an English citizen, apparently it was illegal. You can’t do that, you know? You have to be so… he asked me to talk to him like [how] we talk and he’s about the only other person I talk like this to.”
Also in the interview, Clapton explained how their connection began: “Before I did talk to Robert I asked around and said, ‘what’s the story?’ and [they] said ‘don’t go near him, don’t go near him! He’ll take you down’, Sounds like my kinda guy,” he laughs.
“He says things that make sense about the country you live in and then the world, how to approach hostile situations. He knows how to approach a hostile situation.”
RFK Jr is currently campaigning in the Democratic Primaries.
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Irrespective of Mr. Clapton’s desire to donate to the Kennedy ‘24 (and now is doing a private fundraiser in LA on September 18 for Mr. Kennedy), it does not take away from his talent as a musician, who though he got The Jabs and experienced ‘vaccine injury as a result of those shots), he had the courage to come out and speak about them and his experience with them. And he did not require Proof of Vaxx to attend his concerts when he did get back on the road, like so many of artists of his age and status , like James Taylor, did.
Also his collaboration with Van Morrison and the couple of songs they did together, when no other musicians of their ilk and status, were speaking out, should be recognized as well!
The best candidate in the field. When people look past the surface level attacks and actually listen to what he has to say, more will realize he is the type of statesman we need.