Bruce Springsteen posted an Instagram video on Election Day urging election officials and government representatives to ensure votes are securely counted. He said they have sworn an oath to defend the Constitution. A day earlier he endorsed Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Senate race.
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, Bruce Springsteen shared a brief video message on social media urging election officials and government representatives to ensure votes are securely counted. In the Instagram video posted on Election Day, the 77-year-old said they have sworn an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. He said they have a solemn duty to ensure votes are securely counted.
Springsteen invoked Thomas Jefferson in the video, saying government requires the consent of the governed. He urged officials never to consent to directives that undermine the constitutional right to a free and fair election.
On Monday, Nov. 2, Springsteen endorsed Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race, a key contest. On Instagram, he said that is why he is in El-Sayed's corner 100%.
Trump has repeatedly questioned the integrity of US elections and urged his party to nationalize voting in at least 15 places. The White House says it is protecting election security.
Springsteen is a vocal Trump critic and backed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris before her 2024 presidential election defeat. Earlier this year he released the protest song "Streets of Minneapolis". The song is a tribute to two Americans killed by immigration authorities carrying out Trump's mass deportation drive in Minneapolis.
