Overview
- On Dec. 1, the official White House account posted an ICE arrest montage on X set to Sabrina Carpenter’s song “Juno,” captioned, “Have you ever tried this one? Bye-bye.”
- Sabrina Carpenter condemned the post on Dec. 2 as “evil and disgusting,” a reply that drew roughly 1.7 million likes and far outperformed the original video.
- Before deleting the post, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson responded by quoting Carpenter’s lyrics while defending deportations and deriding critics.
- By Friday, the X post had been removed and the TikTok version no longer included Carpenter’s audio, with no public explanation for the takedown.
- Hours later, the White House shared a new clip overdubbing the word “illegal” into a Carpenter SNL promo before more ICE footage, continuing a tactic that has recently drawn objections from artists including Olivia Rodrigo.