Creator of pro-Trump 'USA Freedom Kids' song to sue campaign

The manager to the trio of pre-teen girls that became a viral sensation when they performed the pro-Trump anthem “Freedom’s Call” at a rally earlier this year, plans to sue the GOP candidates’ campaign after they failed to pay them.

Jeff Popick told the Washington Post that the Trump campaign repeatedly failed to fulfill promises that they could perform at subsequent rallies, something they agreed to in lieu of paying them.

“We are owed compensation or, as the agreement is, a performance. That’s what the agreement was,” Popick, who is also the father to the youngest member of the girl group, told the Post, adding that the agreement was never written down.

“In lieu of compensation, in lieu of monetary compensation, that we would have this performance. It was largely a verbal contract, but a contract nonetheless and on two different occasions,” he said.

The USA Freedom Kids have been around for nearly three years but became an internet hit when they appeared at a Jan. 13 Trump rally in Pensacola, Fla.. They delivered a choreographed and lip synced rendition of “Over There,” called “Freedom’s Call,” a song that Popick wrote himself.

The problems with the Trump campaign started after the popular performance, when Popick said staffers didn’t make due on their promise to allow the singing troupe to sell CDs at the rally in lieu of a $2,500 paycheck.

When they arrived at the rally in Pensacola, Popick described the event management as being “complete chaos” and that “they clearly had made no provisions” for a table for them to sell their CDs.

Later in January, Popick said the Trump campaign fumbled a second agreement when they made a last-minute cancellation of another performance, set to take place at campaign event for veterans in Des Moines, Iowa. Popick and the girls dropped everything to rush to the rally, but were told they wouldn't sing.

Popick and the girls, who were dressed in their signature red-white-and blue outfits, were told not to speak with the media, but campaign staffers seated them next to the press section.

"They wanted to take pictures, they wanted to ask questions -- and I had to be a real jerk,” Popick said.

Throughout the frustrating mishaps, Popick told the Post that he would try and contact Trump campaign staffers and would just get passed around but never given answers.

"I've invested a lot of time, effort, money," he continued, "and it's just been complete silence,” he fumed.

The final straw came when Popick demanded that the girl’s perform at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, as repayment for the lack of compensation, but again, they were let down.

Popick, who was formerly a Trump supporter, plans to file the lawsuit within a few weeks and isn’t sure he’ll cast a vote for the GOP nominee in the fall.

“What he’s done to my group or what he’s done for my group doesn’t necessarily make him the best candidate, it doesn’t make him the worst candidate," he said.