Madonna Says “Blowing Up the White House” Comment Was Taken “Wildly out of Context”

Madonna says speech at women’s rally ‘taken wildly out of context’.

FOX’s Michelle Pollino reports: 

Madonna is defending what she said about President Donald Trump during a march on Washington Saturday.

The singer saying her words were “taken wildly out of context”:

(Madonna) “I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.”

Madonna took to Instagram to try to clarify what she was trying to say. She said she was attempting to express there are two ways to respond to Trump’s election: With hope or with outrage.

She ended her speech by quoting poet W.H. Auden:

(Madonna) “We must love one another or die, I choose love.”

Madonna wrote that she doesn’t promote violence and people should listen to her speech “in its entirety rather than one phrase taken wildly out of context.”

Michelle Pollino, FOX News.

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Yesterday’s Rally. was an amazing and beautiful experience. I came and performed Express Yourself and thats exactly what i did. However I want to clarify some very important things. I am not a violent person, I do not promote violence and it’s important people hear and understand my speech in it’s entirety rather than one phrase taken wildly out of context. My speech began with ” I want to start a revolution of love.” ?? I then go on to take this opportunity to encourage women and all marginalized people to not fall into despair but rather to come together and use it as a starting point for unity and to create positive change in the world. I spoke in metaphor and I shared two ways of looking at things — one was to be hopeful, and one was to feel anger and outrage, which I have personally felt. However, I know that acting out of anger doesn’t solve anything. And the only way to change things for the better is to do it with love. It was truly an honor to be part of an audience chanting “we choose love”. ???????????????????????????? #revoltutionoflove??#revolutionoflove??*******************************************************

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