Bruce Springsteen dropped a fresh protest song this week called “Streets of Minneapolis,” a pointed four-minute attack on federal immigration enforcement that he dedicated to Alex Pretti and Renée Good and released amid the heated fallout in the city. The track explicitly calls out the Biden-era holdovers in the DHS and labels President Trump as “King Trump,” while painting ICE and other federal agents as oppressors in the streets of Minneapolis.
On Thursday’s Finnerty, Rob Finnerty didn’t mince words, blasting Springsteen’s sudden duet with the Minneapolis mob and calling the song irrelevant virtue-signaling that rewards chaos and undermines the rule of law. Finnerty’s show has built its reputation on standing up for law enforcement and common-sense public safety, and his on-air reaction reflected what millions of Americans already feel: celebrities shouldn’t be cheerleading for anarchy from safe stages.
Make no mistake — this isn’t an artistic meditation on policy, it’s a partisan broadside written in real time to inflame a city already reeling from violence and confusion. Major outlets have noted just how on-the-nose the lyrics are, with unambiguous jabs at policy officials and a chorus chanting “ICE out now,” the kind of theatrics that reward lawlessness while ignoring the victims of criminality. Conservatives are right to point out that high-profile entertainers turning trauma into a political spectacle does nothing to help real people who want safety.
Meanwhile, sensible Americans are focused on facts and results: federal agents in Minneapolis have been working to remove violent criminals from the streets, and the job of law enforcement is to protect neighborhoods — not be scapegoated for political agendas. Republican lawmakers and Newsmax guests have repeatedly argued that enabling sanctuary politics and demonizing federal officers leads directly to the kind of chaos we’re seeing now, and the public has a right to demand accountability from local leaders who facilitate that environment.
Rob Finnerty was right to call out Springsteen’s performance for what it is: celebrity political grandstanding that sidelines the victims, props up the mob, and hands a propaganda win to the same forces pushing to weaken law and order. If the Left wants a real conversation about immigration policy and public safety, it should stop writing protest songs and start supporting policies that secure our communities and back the brave men and women who enforce the law.
