Green Day’s bi front man Billie Joe Armstrong inspired an internet meltdown on Tuesday as MAGA supporters screamed about a Donald Trump mask the singer held aloft with the word “idiot” scrawled across the forehead, saying that it was a “severed head” and that it was mean because Trump got shot at last month.
“Green Day had a concert here in DC last night. They decided it’d be a good idea to hold up a severed Trump head. Just TWO WEEKS after he was sh*t in the head,” MAGA influencer Nick Sortor posted along with a photo of Armstrong and the “head.” “These people are SICK.”
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Sortor’s post sent “severed head” trending on social media platform X and earned 23K comments, but a high percentage were users calling him out for his ignorance, manufactured outrage, or both in trying to gin up a Kathy Griffin-worthy response to Armstrong’s display.
“That’s not a severed head, it’s a halloween mask,” one user explained.
“Imagine being mad at a punk band for not liking the government,” wrote another.
A third posted pics of Melania Trump and a crumpled chocolate milk jug that bears a striking resemblance to the former first lady.
“This is a severed Trump head,” they wrote.
Despite the facts, there were plenty of Trump types eager to play the victim and “what-about” the political protest.
“If a Republican did that with a severed Biden or Harris head – early morning FBI raid, shackles and prison time,” wrote disaffected Gen Xer @Gracelyn72.
But the truth brigade kept on marching.
“Really weird how you can’t admit this is a mask…” one poster replied to Gracelyn.
“Are you really going to pretend that’s a severed head and not a Halloween mask…
” wrote another.
“It was a mask,” said a third. “Get over it.”
By Thursday afternoon, “severed head” was no longer trending on X.