Fans Pull the Plug on Springsteen Fan Club After Star Backs Leftist Muslim El-Sayed
The man may have been born to run, but rock legend Bruce Springsteen almost assuredly isn’t meant to run a nuanced political debate.
Just look at the state of one of his more storied fan clubs.
According to multiple outlets, the “Spring-Nuts” Facebook group — a Springsteen fan club that’s been going for over a decade — has officially disbanded in the wake of Springsteen’s increasingly partisan political activism.
The straw that broke the camel’s back apparently came from Springsteen’s unabashed support for progressive Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed, according to Fox News.
“Spring-Nuts,” which boasted 18,000 members, noted that Springsteen’s political activism often left his fans feuding bitterly, as most online discussions about politics tend to go in 2026.
And it was just too much for the club’s founders.
“What should have been respectful differences of opinion too often deteriorated into personal attacks, bullying, insults, and some genuinely vile and hateful rhetoric,” the founders wrote in a statement explaining why the fan club was finished.
The group’s founders took particular umbrage with Springsteen’s endorsement of El-Sayed.
Specifically, the founders had an issue with El-Sayed campaigning with online influencer Hasan Piker, who is known for his inflammatory and derogatory remarks about the United States.
Calling El-Sayed “a fighter for our American Constitution” was a bridge too far for the fan group founders.
Dr. El-Sayed is a fighter for our American Constitution, he’s a fighter for our American Democracy, and he’s a fighter against the corrupt, lawless, and anti-American leadership currently in the White House. That’s why I’m in his corner 100%.
Bruce Springsteen https://t.co/pYNOZt2cdF
— Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) November 2, 2026
Both El-Sayed and Piker are often accused of anti-Semitic rhetoric, something which was a particularly painful point for the group’s Jewish founders.
“We certainly don’t believe Bruce intended for his message to make fans feel unwelcome,” the founders said. “But very unfortunately, some of his fans appointed themselves the gatekeepers of who was and wasn’t worthy of belonging in the E Street community.”
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A brief scan of the comments below Springsteen’s above X post shows that it’s not just fan club founders who are livid.
A number of comments under the El-Sayed post call out Springsteen’s full-throated endorsement of the progressive lawmaker, and many remarked that they would no longer be supporting the artist.
To that end, it does not appear that Springsteen cares.
According to The Independent, the “Spring-Nuts” fan club page did have some strict rules pertaining to “No Hate Speech” and “No Politics Whatsoever.”
The rules clearly weren’t enough, especially as Springsteen himself has only become more and more political over the years.
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