‘Blasphemous!’ Musician Rufus Wainwright Loses It Over Trump Using Hallelujah Cover: ‘Broken Man Up There Who Needs Help’

Musician Rufus Wainwright called it “blasphemous” hearing his cover of Hallelujah being played at a rally for former President Donald Trump .

Wainwright joined MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle on The 11th Hour on Tuesday after having already blasted Trump and his campaign for using his cover of the famous Leonard Cohen song at a rally that turned into an impromptu music festival of sorts.

Wainwright called it “very upsetting” to see Trump jamming out to his music, but he also argued the honesty of the song revealed to him a “broken man” who needs “help.”

“For him to use it was blasphemous in many ways, but also there were moments where I did also see because the song is so beautiful and it brings out a kind of humanity, I did see a broken man up there who needs help and who is expressing some kind of yearning maybe for redemption or something because they did the whole thing and they turned it into a kind of prayer. I hope it’s a prayer for good and a better world,” he said.

The musician had released a statement prior to the interview in which he made it clear he’ll be supporting Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming election.

While Wainwright expressed some sympathy for Trump in his Ruhle interview, he also said he’d be plenty happy if Trump’s wacky rally that included 40 minutes of music ends up being part of what loses him the election.

“Well, I’ve sung Hallelujah all over the world, and in America I’ve sung it to both Republicans and Democrats. It always seems to even the playing field a little bit. So if, once again, try to look on the positive, if this is a moment when we can all just stop and, I don’t know, try to come together in a certain way. I know it seems ridiculous at this point with how divided we’ve become. I’m happy to be part of that solution,” he said. “That being said, if this is, if this also turns out to be one of the craziest moments that people can refer to and look at Trump and really see how insane he is and this whole situation is and it helps bring him down, I would be really happy to be a part of that.”

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