Can Democrats go one day without being nauseatingly cringe?

It’s probably too much to ask.

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) grabbed his guitar and performed an anti-Trump song for his social media followers.

“June is Black Music Month. This year, I decided to come back with another jam session for you all. Here is my rendition of ‘Hey Joe’ by the Godfather of Rock, Jimi Hendrix,” Johnson wrote.

Johnson replaced “Joe” with “Trump” in his rendition of the song.

“Hey Trump, where you going with that gun in your hand?” the Georgia Democrat sang.

He accused Trump of ‘shooting’ democracy in the song.

Someone should tell Johnson the United States is a constitutional republic and not a democracy.

WATCH:

June is Black Music Month. This year, I decided to come back with another jam session for you all. Here is my rendition of “Hey Joe” by the Godfather of Rock, Jimi Hendrix. pic.twitter.com/idBOQRKeet

— Rep. Hank Johnson (@RepHankJohnson) June 18, 2025

X users reacted:

One of the first things you should do when you get a new guitar is tune it.

Also Jimi Hendrix is asking God right now to come back down so he can stop you from doing this. https://t.co/9KSXcuTyyg

— Jim Verdi (@jjverdi) June 20, 2025

Do you not have a guitar tuner? Or a clue? https://t.co/KLainyr50q

— Mark Kaye (@markkayeshow) June 20, 2025

Well, I’ll give you this…you’re better at music than politics but that bar is set at an extremely low level https://t.co/7ivz6UrBFO

— Gravis Mushnick (@GravisMushnick) June 19, 2025

This is what it looks like when you take ego, arrogance, ignorance, and dishonesty… shake it all up… and put it in a song… https://t.co/DGEbRgMUzk

— Dainbrammage (@pat11827739) June 20, 2025

My God at least tune it!!!! https://t.co/qM4WcYKgJ8

— Ronnie Lee (@ronerd2030) June 19, 2025

Per Mediaite:

Johnson’s lyrics are a major deviation from the original lyrics, which focus on a man on the run after killing his unfaithful lover.

Sample of original lyrics:

Hey Joe, where you goin’ with that gun of your hand?
Hey Joe, I said, where you goin’ with that gun in your hand? Oh
I’m goin’ down to shoot my old lady
You know I caught her messin’ ’round with another man, yeah
I’m goin’ down to shoot my old lady
You know I caught her messin’ ’round with another man

The ’60s tune has been covered by many artists over the years, but was most popularly performed by Hendrix in 1966. The song has a long, storied history and its writing has been credited to Billy Roberts and Dino Valenti over the decades.