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David Mouriquand

Rock band Semisonic objects to White House using their song over video of shackled deportee

Celebrated US rock band Semisonic, who found international fame with the release of their second album ‘Feeling Strangely Fine’ in 1998, is pushing back at the White House for using their Grammy-nominated hit song ‘Closing Time’ off the same album over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee.

The White House added the song in a post of a man with his wrists handcuffed to his waist as he is patted down at an airport.

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