Lara Trump mocked for singing ‘shadow-banned’ Tom Petty cover on TV

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The former television producer and wife of Eric Trump released a cover of Tom Petty’s 1989 song “I Won’t Back Down” on 29 September, but has since claimed that her version is nearly impossible to find on streaming platforms despite being listed as 31 on the iTunes charts. It is fitting for Halloween as it’s one of the creepiest cringy things I’ve ever seen.” While another Twitter user begged: “Please don’t make us listen to more.” Lara Trump is the daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump It came after she told Fox News her song was allegedly shadow-banned for being “too political”. She said she’s “not trying to be a professional singer,” but that she just wants to share her “love of music.” It came after Donald Trump received a cease and desist letter from the family of the late Tom Petty after using his song “I Won’t Back Down” at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2020. In a statement posted to the singer’s Twitter account shortly after the rally, his family said that the use of the song by Trump’s campaign was “in no way authorized.” “Both the late Tom Petty and his family firmly stand against racism and discrimination of any kind,” the statement read.