The Trump White House is facing backlash after setting a November 21 ICE-themed TikTok to Wicked’s “Defying Gravity,” sung by queer star Cynthia Erivo. The post — captioned “Ahhh that deportation feeling” — arrives as ICE policies endanger queer migrants like Andry Hernández Romero and Britania Uriostegui Rios. Journalist Tracy E. Gilchrist condemned the meme’s appropriation, saying, “This White House can’t have ‘Defying Gravity’ or ‘holding space,’ especially not to promote the heinous acts ICE is perpetrating in this country.”
