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Congresswoman Lets Loose After Madonna Talks Smack About Michigan - Again

"Enough already Madonna!" Congresswoman Debbie Dingell said, calling out the Material Girl for not respecting her roots.

Madonna told β€œUs Weekly” she misses β€œnothing” about Michigan, prompting a response from Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, a Dearborn Democrat who says she loves her home state. (Photo via Wikimedia/Creative Commons)

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Madonna’s spat with her hometown reached the halls of Congress Tuesday when U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell called out the pop star out on her Facebook page, saying that she is β€œtired of Madonna and her cheap shots …”

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The 56-year-old pop star said in a recent interview on β€œThe Howard Stern Show” that Rochester Hills, where she grew up as Madonna Louise Ciccone, was populated by β€œbasic provincial-thinking people.”

Then, last week, Madonnal told β€œUs Weekly” that she misses β€œabsolutely nothing about Michigan.”

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β€œEnough already Madonna!” U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, posted on her Facebook page.

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Dingell, D-Dearborn, said Michigan contributed to the pop star’s success and she should β€œquit badmouthing us.”

β€œWe don’t take shots at her, her style her life … so something good must have happened here,” said Dingell, who was elected last fall to replace her husband, John Dingell, the longest-serving person in Congress until his retirement.

β€œ... She certainly never learned what the nuns taught me,” Dingell wrote. β€œIf you cannot say something nice don’t.”

The Material Girl’s comments also raised the ire of Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan K. Barnett, who penned a terse letter in which he said the city was home to some β€œpretty amazing people,” including Madonna herself.

Below is Dingell’s Facebook post.


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