A song about Trump’s shooting has already been released on iTunes

It’s only been about a day since presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump was shot at a rally, but there’s already a song about the event. Not only has a musician shared his thoughts on the subject in a new song, but Americans are making it a hit.

Tom MacDonald’s just-released song “You Missed” is rapidly rising up the US iTunes charts. At the time of writing, the track sits at number 3 after debuting earlier in the day.

Right now, “You Missed” doesn’t have much more to do before it becomes the best-selling song in America on what is usually considered the most important platform for purchasing individual songs. Shaboozey leads with “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which is also currently at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Eminem’s new collaboration with Jelly Roll, “Somebody Save Me,” sits comfortably at No. 2.

In “You Missed,” MacDonald vents his frustration over the shooting, blaming the violence — and everything he sees as wrong with this country — on “the left.” His new song includes lines like “Bitch, you missed / Thank God the left can’t aim” and “They don’t want elections, they got so insulted by freedom they just tried to kill the president,” to name a few.

The song also tackles other politically charged topics, with MacDonald’s right-wing bias clearly on display as he raps about transgender rights (“They want men to pretend to be female”), immigration (“The borders are open to people with felony convictions / Biden can’t stop them, he don’t have the energy”), and even the validity of scientific facts (“They told us to trust the science, but that never made sense to me / Why would we put all our faith in the enemy?”).

MacDonald uses language that many would find offensive, but clearly a large portion of the population either agrees with his comments or isn’t bothered by them. The song is quickly rising up the iTunes charts, and if it continues like this, it could soon replace Shaboozey at number 1.

For years, MacDonald has enjoyed commercial success by releasing songs that address controversial political issues. His fan base appears to consist almost exclusively of conservative and right-leaning listeners, and they regularly push his latest releases into the Billboard Charts in short-term bursts of selling activity.

He’s had several songs enter the Hot 100 throughout his career, and all of them have a political focus. Songs like “Snowflakes,” “Fake Woke,” and earlier this year’s “Facts,” featuring conservative host Ben Shapiro, were all on the chart for brief periods. He’s also scored a number of additional hits on more specific lists, like the Rap Digital Song Sales ranking, as his releases are almost always funded entirely by purchases.

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