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On Feb. 28, 2022, the Madhouse Magazine website published a story about Russia's invasion of Ukraine with the headline, Ukraine Rejects Dee Snider's Offer To Use 'We're Not Gonna Take It' As BattleCry. The article said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made negative comments about the Twisted Sister song. The story read as follows: According to the story, Zelenskyy also said, Fu*k Dee Snider. The end of the article claimed that Snider also offered the song to Russian President Vladimir Putin. It's true that Snider tweeted about Ukraine, posting, I absolutely approve of Ukrainians using 'We're Not Gonna Take It' as their battlecry. My grandfather was Ukrainian, before it was swallowed up by the USSR after WW2. This can't happen to these people again! He also included a #FUCKRUSSIA hashtag. However, the rest of the story (as told by Madhouse Magazine) never happened. Zelenskyy did not make negative comments about Snider and the song, We're Not Gonna Take It. According to a footer at the bottom of the Madhouse Magazine website, it publishes satire: In our research for this story, we found that Snider previously posted tweets about why he wrote We're Not Gonna Take It, and how it's used by some groups. For example, just days before Russia invaded Ukraine, he tweeted: I wrote 'We're Not Gonna Take It' to be a song each individual puts their own protest or push back into. While I may not agree with some of the things it's used to fight, I can't pick & choose the ones I want. On Feb. 16, Snider also tweeted a response after a Twitter user said that the song was underrated. In sum, the article with the headline, Ukraine Rejects Dee Snider's Offer To Use 'We're Not Gonna Take It' As BattleCry, came from a satirical website, and is not true. We previously published another fact check about another claim that originated on Madhouse Magazine and later spread elsewhere as fact. It said that film actor Daryl Hannah became pregnant in her 60s.
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