Joni Mitchell has revealed that she finally became a United States citizen for one explicit purpose: to cast a ballot in the 2026 midterm elections.
The 80-year-old singer-songwriter shared the news with fans in an Instagram post on Tuesday, celebrating that she had been sworn in as an American citizen and calling it a journey that began 62 years ago. As reported by Breitbart, Mitchell then clarified on Thursday that her decision was driven by electoral politics, underscoring that she intends to use her new status at the ballot box.
I became a citizen so I could vote. I didnt give up my Canadian citizenship, and I never will, she wrote, according to Variety, making clear that her allegiance to Canada remains intact even as she joins the American electorate. In the very next line, she hinted at her political leanings by adding, Im a proud Canerican like Neil Young.
Mitchells past rhetoric leaves little doubt about how she plans to use her new voting rights, and it is not to support conservatives, Republicans, or President Donald Trump. During a 2022 event at the Hollywood Bowl, she erupted, Fuck Donald Trump, then added, I wish I could vote Im a Canadian. Im one of those lousy immigrants.
Now, having secured U.S. citizenship, she is no longer barred from participating in the American political process she has long criticized from the sidelines. Her invocation of Neil Young is equally revealing, aligning herself with a fellow celebrity who has made a career of attacking Trump, Republicans, and core enforcement agencies.
Young has repeatedly urged resistance to lawful immigration enforcement, demanding in January that Americans rise up against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which he claims is destroying America, even though ICEs work has little direct impact on the daily lives of most citizens. Wake up people! Today The USA is a disaster, the Canadian citizen wrote, echoing the lefts apocalyptic narrative about the country.
He has also tried to score political points by theatrically gifting his music catalog to Greenland, a stunt aimed at undermining Trumps strategic interest in the island as a vital geopolitical asset. In fact, Youngs hostility has grown so extreme that he once posted about his desire to see Trump assassinated, hinting at this in May by appending the phrase 86/47 to his blog, a chilling message from someone who simultaneously claims to favor peaceful resistance.
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