The lead singer of the Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys challenged a man in a Make America Great Again (MAGA) shirt to whether it was made in the United States or not.

Ken Casey stopped his show in Clearwater, Florida, over the weekend when he spotted a man in the shirt near the front row. Casey said all of his band’s merchandise is made in the USA and bet him the shirt on his back and $100 if the man could prove his shirt was also made in America.

After getting the crowd involved to check the tags on the MAGA shirt, Casey announced to the crowd that the MAGA shirt was made in Nicaragua.

Regalrumination.com could not verify whether the MAGA shirt in question was official Trump merchandise or an off-brand t-shirt.

Why It Matters

President ‘s America First platform is predicated on bringing jobs back to the U.S. and placing tariffs on companies who pay for cheaper labor overseas, but Trump’s catchphrase is being printed on clothes made abroad.

What To Know

Footage from the concert posted by Nick Klingensmith on and , shows Casey holding up a shirt from his tour saying to the man in the MAGA shirt: “Dropkick Murphys proudly sells Made in America merchandise only. And here’s the bet I’d like to make. If you lose the bet, we switch shirts, ok? If you win the bet, I give you 100 dollars and the shirt.”

He then gets someone else in the audience to check the tag on the shirt, and they yell out “Nicaragua!”

In the video, when Casey makes the man in the MAGA shirt take off his T-shirt and throw it to him, he yells “we’re taking crime off the street.”

The video footage shows shirt off.

Casey thanked the man in the shirt for being a good sport and gave him a Dropkick Murphys shirt.

Casey reiterated his feelings about the man when speaking to Regalrumination.com about the event and said, “They were longtime fans who wanted to let us know they disagree with our politics, but they were respectful and after the concert the gentleman actually said, ‘Dropkicks are family and I don’t let politics come between family,’ which I was pleasantly surprised by.”

The video of this event has been viewed, and on Instagram.

, the man who was singled out was not the only person in MAGA merchandise at the show, and some other people were wearing “thin-blue-line” pins and confederate flags.

Casey made it clear that the rumors on social media about the man getting kicked out by security are not true.

“I spoke with both of them afterwards while greeting fans in front of stage post show,” he said.

Casey added that he would not wear a MAGA shirt to his concert but “I say wear what you like, it’s still somewhat of a free country for now…wear a MAGA shirt, dye your hair purple…whatever makes you happy.”

Dropkick Murphys has always been outspokenly pro-union, anti-billionaire, and anti-Trump.

This is at his shows. In 2022, he told a crowd in Pennsylvania: “If you’re out there buying those f**king hats that these swindlers are selling at their f**king fair…then you’re part of the problem…You’re being duped by the greatest swindler in the history of the world.”

Dropkick Murphys, has also gone viral recently on TikTok and Instagram after Boston Mayor Michelle Wu used their song “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” as the defending the city after border czar said he would be ” to the sanctuary city.

Boston residents on social media are now using the song, which best known for its feature in The Departed, to for immigrants in Boston and .

What People Are Saying

Ken Casey to a crowd in 2022: “You’re being duped by a bunch of grifters and billionaires who don’t give a s**t about you or your family. They care about their f**king tax breaks and the money they can put in their pocket. If you consider yourself a patriot and you’re spouting off that election-denying s**t, I will fight your ass outside if you want to. Wake the f**k up!”

Ken Casey told Regalrumination.com: “It’s no secret Dropkick Murphys are extremely anti-MAGA, but that doesn’t mean I have animosity toward fellow Americans who I actually view as the victims. I think so many of these people who follow Trump have been sold a bundle of lies by a con artist. Just my opinion, but I’m sticking to it.”

What Happens Next?

Dropkick Murphys are currently on a nationwide tour until mid-August. They will likely continue to criticize the president, but whether people will still wear MAGA merchandise to their shows remains to be seen.

Update 3/10/25 5:48 p.m. ET: This story was updated to include comment from Casey.

Correction 3/10/25 5:48 p.m. ET: This story was corrected to fix the name of the song “I’m Shipping Up to Boston.”