Icon Linda Ronstadt on Wednesday ripped into Donald Trump’s campaign stop at her namesake Tucson venue.
Trump held a campaign rally Thursday afternoon at the Tucson Convention Center’s Linda Ronstadt Music Hall.
“It saddens me to see the former President bring his hate show to Tucson, a town with deep Mexican-American roots and a joyful, tolerant spirit,” Ronstadt posted on Facebook Wednesday evening.
“I don’t just deplore his toxic politics, his hatred of women, immigrants and people of color, his criminality, dishonesty and ignorance — although there’s that,” Ronstadt continues.
Tucson legend Linda Ronstadt, holding her cat Joey, turned to social media Wednesday to say she is unhappy about Trump's campaign stop in Tucson. It is being held Thursday at her namesake venue, the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall.
“For me it comes down to this: In Nogales and across the southern border, the Trump Administration systematically ripped apart migrant families seeking asylum. Family separation made orphans of thousands of little children and babies, and brutalized their desperate mothers and fathers. It remains a humanitarian catastrophe that Physicians for Human Rights said met the criteria for torture.”
“There is no forgiving or forgetting the heartbreak he caused,” her post reads.
Linda Ronstadt starts her Tucson Festival of Books panel with recollections of Sonora, Mexico and her travels there. Her book, "Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands," highlights her life and legacy in the southwest. Video by Pascal Albright/Arizona Daily Star
Trump planned to talk about “the struggling economy and the rising cost of housing,” according to a campaign news release. Trump, however, has a history of digging into a variety of favorite political topics, with immigration being at the top.
Trump’s rally was his first visit to Tucson since October 2020, although the Republican presidential nominee visited the U.S.-Mexico border last month in Cochise County. His running mate, JD Vance, visited the same Arizona border area weeks earlier.
Ronstadt’s online message also included a note to Vance, a U.S. senator from Ohio.
“I raised two adopted children in Tucson as a single mom. They are both grown and living in their own houses,” Ronstadt wrote. “I live with a cat. Am I half a childless cat lady because I’m unmarried and didn’t give birth to my kids? Call me what you want, but this cat lady will be voting proudly in November for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.”
Linda Ronstadt continues her Tucson Festival of Books panel by talking about her activism and how she feels about the border. Her book "Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands" highlights her life and legacy. Video by Pascal Albright/Arizona Daily Star
