Lol this reminds me of something that happened during the GWB administration involving Eddie Veder of Pearl Jam. After he was elected to his 2nd term the left was fit to have a collective stroke. Nothing was off the table. There was even a touring concert called Rock Against Bush.
Well, one night while performing at a venue, Veder brings a Bush mask onstage and sticks it on the microphone like he was impaling a head. Right after that he was getting booed like mad and eventually had to leave the stage when fans started throwing things at him. I swear any other band could have gotten away with that at the time except him.
The moral of the story is, just because you were a big name at one time, it doesn't mean people aren't going to call you out on your bullshit