Not holding back. The White House has responded after Natalie Maines, lead singer of The Chicks, posted a vulgar rant on Instagram taking aim at President Donald Trump earlier this week. The outspoken Maines called the president a “fugly sl-t,” and claimed that “democracy is disappearing” under his presidency. “Our democracy is disappearing right before our eyes. This fugly slut is using your gas money to pay the insurrectionists. But don’t worry about it. I’m sure posting selfies will fix everything. My last post that called him a fugly slut got removed. We’ll see how long this one lasts. Repost and help the message live.”   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by @1nataliemaines (At one point the post appeared to have been removed, but at least for now it’s back up). Well the White House was asked by Fox News Digital about her comments, and didn’t hold back: “Natalie Maines is a despicable nobody who clearly suffers from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted her peanut-sized brain.” Obviously Maines is no stranger to political controversy. The lead singer of The Chicks famously set off a firestorm back in 2003 with comments on the Iraq war and then-President George W. Bush, telling a crowd during a concert in London that she was “ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.” The backlash back then was swift and severe, with radio stations pulling their music and blacklisting the Dixie Chicks (as they were known at the time) from their playlists, fans burning their albums in protest, and members of the band even receiving death threats over the comments from Maines. Now, obviously times are different now, and with country music artists as politically divided as the rest of society is these days, I think it’s safe to say that her comments wouldn’t spark near the backlash today as they did back in 2003 when our country was less than two years removed from the 9/11 terror attacks. One thing that hasn’t changed, though, is that Maines still isn’t afraid to give her opinion. And back in 2024, The Chicks even performed at the Democratic National Convention to support then-presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Country music fans and artists are obviously as politically divided as the rest of the country, so there are plenty who support Maines in her comments against Trump. But many also took to the comments of her latest post to criticize her too: “I thought liberals didn’t judge people by their looks. Also, should you really be criticizing anyone’s looks?” “There’s a reason you only have 135k followers…. And you officially lost me with this post.” “Get it, Natalie! You were right in 2003 and you are today.” “Please provide proof of democracy disappearing.” “Shouldn’t you be thanking Trump for giving you the attention you so desperately need? I had no idea who you were until he posted about you” “He’s literally the only reason anyone is thinking of you right now.” “Yes Queen! You were right in 2003 and you’re nailing it again!” Seems like some things haven’t changed much since 2003.The post White House Calls Natalie Maines A “Despicable Nobody” Following Vulgar Rant On President Trump first appeared on Whiskey Riff.