--- title: Pro-Donald Trump 'USA Freedom Kids' Plans to Sue Campaign description: The father behind the pro-Donald Trump girl group, “USA Freedom Kids,” which went viral, now plans to sue the GOP presidential hopeful. canonical: https://time.com/4424496/usa-freedom-kids-donald-trump-sue-lawsuit/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-26T18:32:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:51.166Z article:section: Politics og:title: Dad Behind Pro-Trump Girls Singing Group Plans to Sue Campaign og:description: He wrote the viral song about Trump's ability to crush America's foes og:url: https://time.com/4424496/usa-freedom-kids-donald-trump-sue-lawsuit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e41e112347223de/69889f69fb4eac2a3088e760/trump-freedom-kids-sue.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: The USA Freedom Kids from Pensacola perform "Freedom's Call" which has become known as the "Trump Jam" during candidate Donald Trump's campaign rally in Pensacola og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dad Behind Pro-Trump Girls Singing Group Plans to Sue Campaign twitter:description: He wrote the viral song about Trump's ability to crush America's foes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e41e112347223de/69889f69fb4eac2a3088e760/trump-freedom-kids-sue.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dad Behind Pro-Donald Trump 'USA Freedom Kids' Plans to Sue Campaign > Sponsored content. 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Michael Spooneybarger—Reuters by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 26, 2016 6:32 PM UTC The father behind the [pro-Donald Trump girl group, “USA Freedom Kids,”](http://time.com/4181383/donald-trump-usa-freedom-kids/) which went viral after a [performance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPRfP%5FTEQ-g) during a Florida rally earlier this year, now plans to sue the Republican presidential hopeful, he said Tuesday. Jeff Popick, who manages the Florida-based singing group and wrote a song about Trump’s ability to crush America’s enemies, has consulted with an attorney to file a lawsuit against the [Trump](http://time.com/4421425/donald-trump-poll-republican-national-convention/) campaign for violating its agreement with the group. Popick, whose daughter Alexis leads the group, claims the campaign made promises to the group in exchange for their performances, including a booth at a rally to promote the girls’ albums, which never materialized. “There is a legal issue here, but there also is a morality issue,” Popick told TIME on Tuesday. “It’s important that I, as a role model for the group, hold their feet to the fire.” His song, which the girls performed in January during a show that became an internet sensation, was inspired by the real estate mogul’s “great heart and brilliant mind,” the manager said at the time. “Apologies for freedom — I can’t handle this! When freedom rings, answer the call!” the girls sang while dancing around in flag-colored outfits. “On your feet, stand up tall! Freedom’s on our shoulders, USA! Enemies of freedom face the music. Come on boys, take them down!” they continued. “President Donald Trump knows how to make America great. Deal from strength or get crushed every time.” Popick said the “USA Freedom Kids” in January were promised a booth at the Pensacola, Florida rally during their break-through performance to pre-sell their album. When they got to the rally, there was no booth for them. “That never materialized,” he said. “We did, but they didn’t.” The campaign then asked the girls to perform during a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa. Popick said he paid out-of-pocket for the traveling expenses, but when the group arrived, the girls were told they weren’t going to perform. “We got to Des Moines and their plan quote-unquote changed and we were told to just sit in the audience,” he said. Trump’s campaign did not immediately return a request for comment. Now, after his experience with the Trump campaign, Popick said he is questioning whether he still believes in his lyrics. “I’m very saddened by it,” he said. “I’m not really sure what to think. The fact that what he’s done to my group, or lack thereof, doesn’t necessarily mean he wouldn’t be the right guy for president. I don’t know. Maybe I’m not the right person to make political commentary.” The 54-year-old businessman has not yet decided how much to sue the campaign for, but said that he would not demand “billions of dollars.” “I’ve asked and asked them for many months to make it right, and they haven’t, and if that means going the legal route, then so be it,” Popick said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4424496/usa-freedom-kids-donald-trump-sue-lawsuit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4424496/usa-freedom-kids-donald-trump-sue-lawsuit/"},"headline":"Dad Behind Pro-Donald Trump 'USA Freedom Kids' Plans to Sue Campaign","datePublished":"2016-07-26T18:32:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:51.166Z","description":"“It’s important that I, as a role model for the group, hold their feet to the fire\"","url":"https://time.com/4424496/usa-freedom-kids-donald-trump-sue-lawsuit/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e41e112347223de/69889f69fb4eac2a3088e760/trump-freedom-kids-sue.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e41e112347223de/69889f69fb4eac2a3088e760/trump-freedom-kids-sue.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The USA Freedom Kids from Pensacola perform \"Freedom's Call\" which has become known as the \"Trump Jam\" during candidate Donald Trump's campaign rally in Pensacola","caption":"The USA Freedom Kids from Pensacola perform \"Freedom's Call\" during Donald Trump's campaign rally in Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 13, 2016.","creditText":"Michael Spooneybarger—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4424496/usa-freedom-kids-donald-trump-sue-lawsuit/","name":"Dad Behind Pro-Donald Trump 'USA Freedom Kids' Plans to Sue Campaign"}}]}] ```