Snider recounts how the request went
Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider told CNN how he asked Donald Trump to stop using " We're Not Gonna Take It" in the candidate's presidential campaign. Snider and Trump have been friends for a long time.
"Like many people out there, I have close friends with whom I don't discuss three things: sports, religion, and politics. Because we both know that if the discussion happens, the friendship ends. And I have friends who hold political views different from mine.".
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When Donald started his campaign, he asked me, he called me. 'Can I use the song?' and he's my friend, I said 'yes, go ahead'. But months went by and I heard his whole list of beliefs that we had never discussed. I finally called him and said, 'Dude, you need to stop using the song. People think I'm endorsing you. And I can't endorse a lot of what you're saying'. And he hasn't used it since. He said, 'Dee, fair enough' (...). I still like him but, man, I didn't know the things he believes in and stands for.”.
Snider also spoke about the use of the song by former Republican candidate Paul Ryan: “The biggest issue with this song is that it’s about people’s right to make their own choices. When Paul Ryan used it years ago, and he’s totally against abortion, I had to confront him: ‘Have you heard the song? You’re singing a song that says ‘you have the right to choose’ and then going against a woman’s right to choose. So I can’t support its use.’”