Kid Rock donates $50,000 to Trump-backed GoFundMe for the victims of the Pennsylvania rally after expressing anger at the shooting

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Following the shooting at Donald Trump's Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, July 13, Kid Rock came out in support of the former US President, donating $50,000 to the Trump-authorized GoFundMe to benefit the shooting victims.

While Trump survived the assassination attempt, coming out of the incident with a bullet wound to his right ear, one of the people who went to the rally passed away, while two were critically injured.

Following the incident, the former President's reelection campaign shared a GoFundMe drive with a goal to raise $1 million for the "supporters and families wounded or killed in today's brutal and horrific assassination attempt." Trump's leading finance person, Meredith O'Rourke, was listed as the fundraising organizer.

Although the initial goal of the fundraiser was only $1 million, the GoFundMe drive has surpassed $2.5 million, with over 33 thousand pledges in 24 hours.


Kid Rock posted a video expressing anger shortly after Trump's assassination attempt

The Grammy-nominated musician, who has been an ardent and vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, took to Instagram to rant and express his anger following the Saturday shooting at Trump's Butler, Pennsylvania reelection campaign.

On Saturday, shortly after news of the assassination attempt broke out, the 53-year-old rocker shared a short selfie video on Instagram, where he looked visibly furious and was saying,

"You f**k with Trump, you f**k with me!"

In the video, the We the People artist can be seen shirtless and wearing a "White Boy of the Year" baseball cap and black sunglasses, seemingly enjoying a boat ride before he was riled up with Trump's assassination news.

The All Summer Long singer-rapper's post earned support from fellow country artists like Jay Webb and Randy Houser, who commented "Motherf**king right." Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., also reacted to Kid Rock's angry rant with three American flag emojis. Former American football linebacker Brian Urlacher also added his version of American flag emojis in the comments.

Also read: Did Joe Biden post Nicki Minaj lyrics from Big Foot in response to Trump getting shot?

In addition to his Instagram video rant, Kid Rock also shared a link to the Trump-authorized GoFundMe drive created to support the victims of the Pennsylvania rally shooting on his X account.

The musical artist has been a major supporter of the former President for years. Kid Rock has been vocal about his support towards Trump, even going as calling him "one of my besties" during his Rolling Stone feature, published on May 19. He also famously visited Trump at the White House in 2017, and they have also been golf buddies over the years.

Alongside Kid Rock, other musical artists also reacted to the Trump rally shooting, with country singer Scotty McCreery mentioning that he's praying for the country on Saturday. Rapper Soulja Boy also reposted the video taken from the shooting incident on X, writing his disbelief over the assassination attempt in the caption.

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