The musician Kid Rock's run for U.S. Senate has caused Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) to raise the alarm and hit up contributors for cash.
Warren warned supporters that Kid Rock could be the next President Donald Trump in a fundraising email with the subject line "Senator Kid Rock (R-MI)", the Boston Herald reports.
"I know a lot of people are thinking: this is some sort of joke, right?" Warren wrote. "Well, maybe this is all a joke — but we all thought Donald Trump was joking when he rode down the escalator at Trump Tower and announced his campaign, too."
"And sure, maybe this is just a marketing gimmick for a new album or tour — but we all thought Donald Trump was just promoting his reality TV show, too," she wrote.
Warren's email linked to a donations page where contributions were split evenly between herself and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.), who is up for reelection in 2018 in Kid Rock's home state.
Kid Rock initially intimated that he might be running on Thursday, with a tweet and a "Kid Rock for Senate 2018" website. The announcement was derided as a stunt, prompting him to post a press release saying that "once again the press is wrong."
"Senator Stabenow and I do share a love of music, although probably not the same kind. I concede she is better at playing politics than I am so I'll keep doing what I do best, which is being a voice for tax paying, hardworking AMERICANS and letting politicians like her know that We the People are sick and tired of their bullshit!" Kid Rock wrote.
Warren's email was blasted by potential 2018 Republican challenger State Rep. Geoff Diehl.
"She uses any and every issue, whether it’s a celebrity Republican or it’s Hillary Clinton, to try to scare her support base into giving her more money so that she can reach that main goal I believe of running for president ... not of focusing on the concerns of her constituents in Massachusetts," Diehl said.