Lone Singer Stands Up for Trump's Deportations at Grammys: 'I Don't Want to See Them Here'
Singer and songwriter Joy Villa made a striking pro-Trump fashion statement at the Grammy Awards on Sunday.
She also voiced her support for the new administration’s deportation policies.
While walking the red carpet, Villa spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about her outfit, which featured a red ball cap with the phrase “The Hat Stays On,” referencing the well-known red MAGA hat associated with President Donald Trump and his supporters.
“The hat stays on. They tried to kill Trump. He’s still alive, thank God,” she told the publication.
“Because they tried to get rid of Trump and now he’s still here, this hat’s not going anywhere. Like the red-hat army that we’ve seen.”
Villa pointed out that the “red-hat army” has grown more diverse, to the frustration of Democrats.
“There’s a lot of Latinos, a lot of black Americans, a lot of artists who love Trump,” she continued. “So the hat stays on. We’re not going to get our hats knocked off, hit off or threatened to take it off.”
She also wore a dress she said symbolized cryptocurrency, which she described as the “new wave of freedom.”
Trump has indicated an openness to the growing digital asset sector.
On January 23, he signed an executive order aimed at “promoting United States leadership in digital assets and financial technology while protecting economic liberty.”
As other celebrities used the event to speak out against Trump’s deportation policies, Villa expressed support for the initiative.
“I think the ones that should be deported are being deported,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.
“To be honest, I’m a Latina. My family came to this country legally. And I love to see rapists, human traffickers deported,” she added.
Villa emphasized that enforcing law and order benefits all Americans.
“I don’t want to see them here. I want us to be free, for all colors, for all people. That’s what makes America great again, so we can create, so we can live,” she said.
“As an artist, as a musician, I want to be able to walk at night and not think that I’m going to get killed by an illegal alien,” Villa continued.
“Those are the people getting deported. Those are the people who should get deported.”