Conservative commentators took issue with Sam Smith’s hell-themed performance at the 2023 Grammys, with some going so far as to describe it as “satanic.”

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz denounced the production as “evil” after Smith and collaborator Kim Petras took the stage at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday night to perform their chart-topping single, “Unholy.”

“This…is…evil,” the Republican politician tweeted.

Some social media users were quick to clap back at Cruz, however, with one person replying, “Evil is when a man walks into a school & murders a dozen children Evil is when Russia bombs schools & hospitals to steal land Evil is NOT when a musician dances around in a devil suit performing a hit song.”

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