The daughters of the man who wrote “The Snake” ― a 1960s soul song that President Donald Trump has appropriated for his own anti-immigrant agenda ― blasted Trump on Sunday for twisting their father’s lyrics into a message of hate. Trump is “perversely using ‘The Snake’ to demonize immigrants,” said Maggie’s sister, Africa Brown. During numerous public appearances, Trump has pulled out the lyrics to “The Snake” after attacking immigrants, then read them like a gruesome instructive bedtime story. “It’s extremely ironic,” Maggie Brown said. “We don’t want him using these lyrics,” Maggie Brown told the Chicago Tribune in 2016 during the presidential campaign.

Source: Huffington Post February 26, 2018 13:52 UTC