A punk band isn’t rocking with the previous Oath Keeper spokesperson who determined to put on the crowd’s blouse to a listening to Tuesday earlier than the Area make a choice committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault at the U.S. Capitol.
The Descendents, an influential crew of rockers recognized for albums like “Milo Is going to Faculty” and “All,” weighed in on Jason Van Tatenhove wearing their merch all through his testimony at the extremist crew’s involvement within the Capitol assault.
Van Tatenhove, who claimed he left the crowd years earlier than the assault, bringing up specifically individuals’ antisemitic rhetoric, detailed how he noticed the crowd drifting “additional and extra appropriate into the alt-right international, into white nationalists or even straight-up racists.”
He additionally warned of the “authentic threat” that extremist teams such because the Oath Keepers ― whom he described as a violent “armed forces” ― pose to The united states.
His blouse featured the caricature personality Milo, a mascot for the band impressed through lead singer Milo Aukerman and integrated on quite a few the band’s album covers.
The band, by way of its Twitter account, abruptly separated itself from the crowd Van Tatenhove as soon as spoke for.
“We totally disavow teams just like the Oath Keepers and not at all condone their hateful ideology,” the band wrote in a tweet.
The commentary sparked questions from enthusiasts and Twitter customers who questioned how a former Oath Keeper may well be “punk.”
The band hasn’t shied clear of weighing in at the state of the U.S. prior to now.
Aukerman, within the tune ”’Merican,” expresses his disdain with The united states being the “land of the slaves,” the Ku Klux Klan and previous U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy.
He closes the tune with “I’m proud and ashamed each and every Fourth of July. You were given to grasp the reality earlier than you are saying that you were given pleasure.”