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Cardi B and Hillary Clinton reading #FireAndFury is gold #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/i5yGaZ4dLP

— UPROXX (@UPROXX) January 29, 2018

Sunday night’s Grammy awards were full of emotional and powerful moments, but some comic relief was found during the obligatory skewering of a figure who’s largely reviled in the music world. That is to say, one sketch featured several artists “auditioning” while reading bits of Michael Wolff’s White House tell-all book, Fire and Fury, for host James Corden, and Hillary Clinton’s effort at lambasting President Trump easily stole the sketch.

Clinton’s reading of an excerpt about Trump’s love of McDonald’s (which is aided by his belief that the food is “safely pre-made” and not a poisoning risk) pleased much of the internet, but one at-home voice was not thrilled. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley called the segment “trash”: “Don’t ruin great music with trash. Some of us love music without the politics thrown in it.”

I have always loved the Grammys but to have artists read the Fire and Fury book killed it. Don’t ruin great music with trash. Some of us love music without the politics thrown in it.

— Nikki Haley (@nikkihaley) January 29, 2018

In one respect, it’s hard to blame Haley for being sore. While promoting the book, Wolff insinuated that Trump was having an affair with someone at the White House, and a sentence within the book made folks believe that he was referring to Haley, which prompted her to brand the suggestion as “disgusting.”

Still, people very much couldn’t believe that Haley was arguing that politics and music don’t mix when, clearly, many artists on both sides of the aisle freely mingle their beliefs with their art. And some, like Ted Nugent and Kid Rock, even visit the White House to flip off the Hillary portrait.

“I have always loved the Grammys but to have artists read the Fire and Fury book killed it. Don’t ruin great music with trash. Some of us love music without the politics thrown in it.” Nikki Haley pic.twitter.com/OJ3Szguy7M

— Patrick (@WhatThe5K) January 29, 2018

To make a long story short, people unloaded on Haley.

Nikki Haley has literally never listened to the lyrics of any song ever written. https://t.co/aRhxiP2LnX

— Maggie Serota (@maggieserota) January 29, 2018

.@nikkihaley Sly was political. So was Jimi. So is Stevie. So were The Tempts. So was Dylan. So is George Clinton.

— Bijan C. Bayne (@bijancbayne) January 29, 2018

when you're the US ambassador to the United Nations pic.twitter.com/QcMy8rxOuf

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 29, 2018

You just don't like it because its abt 45. If they were Obama jokes you would've loved it.

The best musicians and song writers are political. Wake tf up!

— nicki (@nickiknowsnada) January 29, 2018

"I've always loved Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit.' Reminds me of the weird fruits I've always liked, like kiwis and pineapples and coconuts!" –Nikki Haley, probably

I'll stop. But it'll never not be astonishing how clueless people in the Trump administration are.

— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) January 29, 2018

Did Nikki Haley seriously miss the whole show except for the Michael Wollf bit? "Keep politics out of my music"–I mean, Kendrick was the opener…

— TC (@tchopstl_) January 29, 2018

Nikki Haley on the Grammys is basically Ned Flanders on Woody Allen. pic.twitter.com/hTEXYyuswt

— Scott Tobias (@scott_tobias) January 29, 2018

"The song 'Ohio' by Crosby, Still and Nash is a pleasant song about a wonderful state I hope to visit again soon!" –Nikki Haley, probably

"Lennon's 'Imagine' is my favorite song about the power of imagination. A great song for the kids!" –Nikki Haley, probably

— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) January 29, 2018

Surprise, music is political. Well, everything is political in 2018, so there’s really no escape, ever.