Conservatives take offense to Blinken’s viral guitar performance in a Ukrainian bar while fighting rages: How’s real life treating you?

As the conflict in Ukraine rages on, conservatives have taken to the internet, criticizing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for picking up a guitar at a Kyiv pub.

On Tuesday, an image of Blinken performing Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” alongside the band 19.99 went viral.

“I understand that this is an extremely trying moment,” Blinken said to the assembled crowd. “Your population and military are going through a great deal of misery, especially in Kharkiv in the northeast. However, you and them both need to understand that the United States and a large portion of the rest of the world are on your side.”

While the patrons at the pub may have applauded him, other conservatives at home winced at the spectacle as Kharkiv is being attacked and the