click to enlarge ShutterstockJohn James, a Republican, speaks at a rally in Battle Creek in December 2020. What happened to Britney Spears is a microcosm of what is happening across America. I am 100% in support of free Britney. So are people on Twitter, where James posted his response, saying "What happened to Britney Spears is a microcosm of what is happening across America. "“Holy shit, that was a stretch and painful to watch,” Indivisible Michigan tweeted.