- Alicia Keys received backlash from MAGA supporters after a July 4 Instagram video in which she stated that women lack an explicit guarantee of equal rights under the U.S. Constitution.
- Keys questioned why the Constitution has not been updated to explicitly grant women equal rights, specifically referencing the unadopted Equal Rights Amendment, during the nation's 250th anniversary.
- Conservative figures, including comedian Rob Schneider and commentator Sage Steele, challenged Keys to identify a right men possess that women do not, accusing her of creating division.
- MAGA pastor Jordan Wells and other social media users also criticized Keys, asserting that women already have equal rights and accusing her of promoting a 'victimhood script' rather than truth.
- Keys has a history of advocating for women's rights and has been a critic of Trump, having been a key speaker at the Women’s March on Washington, D.C. in 2017.
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