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Donald Trump is taking a shot at Vice President Kamala Harris, by using Beyonce's song. Trump's spokesperson Steven Cheung seemed took aim at the Democratic rival in the 2024 election by using her campaign song, Beyoncé's "Freedom," in a social media post. Despite concerns raised in the comments about potential copyright infringement, the video remained online until Tuesday night, before being removed from the platform. It's been reported that Beyoncé's team threatened to send a cease-and-desist to the Trump campaign over the use of the song, which it reportedly did not receive permission for.
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00:00Donald Trump is taking a shot at Vice President Kamala Harris by using Beyonce.
00:05Trump spokesperson Stephen Chung seemed to take aim at the Democratic rival in the 2024 election
00:10by using her campaign song Beyonce's Freedom in a social media post. The video shows Trump
00:15walking off his plane in Michigan for a campaign event with Freedom playing in the background as
00:20Trump raises his fists in the air. Despite concerns raised in the comments about potential
00:24copyright infringement, the video remained online until Tuesday night before being removed
00:29from the platform. It's been reported that Beyonce's team threatened to send a cease and desist
00:34to the Trump campaign over the use of the song, which it reportedly did not receive permission to
00:39use. In July, Harris received quick approval from Beyonce's team to use Freedom from her 2016 album
00:45Lemonade as part of her presidential campaign. Elsewhere, all eyes are on night four of the
00:562024 Democratic National Convention ahead of Harris's acceptance speech. Pink is set to perform for the
01:02big night where the Democratic candidate is set to take the stage. The singer follows several other
01:06artists who have performed on previous nights in Chicago, including Lil Jon, Maren Morris and
01:11John Legend. For more on this story, head to THR.com. And for the latest entertainment news and updates,
01:17keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.
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