White House Rebukes Natalie Maines After Trump Remarks

The White House criticized The Chicks singer Natalie Maines after she compared President Donald Trump unfavorably with former President George W. Bush during a concert in New York City. Its response followed remarks in which Maines said she would welcome Bush back by comparison and would not be silenced by calls to “shut up and sing,” according to an account of the performance cited in reports. The White House, in a statement to Fox News Digital, called Maines a “despicable nobody” and said she suffered from “Trump Derangement Syndrome” that had “rotted her peanut-sized brain.” The statement was directed at Maines after her comments about Trump and Bush. Maines made the remarks at The Chicks’ October 12 performance at Manhattan’s Beacon Theatre, during the band’s Taking the Long Way 20th Anniversary Tour. She was recalling the backlash to her criticism of Bush in 2003, as the United States was preparing for war in Iraq. At the time, she said she was ashamed the president was from Texas and opposed the war, according to the reported account of her comments. At the recent concert, Maines said she had thought the situation could not get worse in 2003, then said she would give...