Kid Rock Launches Pro-Donald Trump Merchandise

Detroit-based musician Kid Rock has launched a merchandise line supporting President-elect Donald Trump that requires some parental guidance. The Romeo native announced the products with a tweet that read, “Due to overwhelming demand, we decided to go ahead and actually make this and other current event merch.”

The line includes T-shirts and a ball cap. One of the shirts carries the message “God, Guns and Trump.” Others are rife with innuendo, including one that calls out Trump haters and another with the electoral map that uses profanity to describe the state won by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

Rock decided to make the merchandise line official after fans circulated digitally altered photos of Rock bearing T-shirt slogans congratulating Trump on his successful campaign.

The authenticity of the images was debunked by Snopes.com, but the viral success of the photos prompted Rock to launch the line.

Rock, Robert Ritchie when he is not on stag, has been open about his support of Trump and the Republican Party. In February, Rock said the New York billionaire’s campaign had been “entertaining” and that he was “digging Trump.”

“I’m just like, ‘We gotta try something else,’ and … I’m not an expert at political science or anything,” Rock told Rolling Stone. “I do try to follow things, obviously. I’m a pretty good, tax-paying citizen of this country. Let the business guy in there. It’s not really working too well running it not like a business. …”

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Rock isn’t the only musician to introduce Trump-themed merchandise. In October, Detroit native Jack White, lead singer and guitarist for The White Stripes and founder of Third Man Records, released “Icky Trump” T-shirts in retaliation after Trump borrowed — without permission — The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army” for a campaign video.

Rock’s merchandise line is available through his online store.

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