Politically outspoken Detroit rocker Ted Nugent criticized Michigan politics on a talk show Wednesday, saying the state is one of many that "don't even qualify as America anymore."

In a Wednesday appearance on conservative television host Laura Ingraham's podcast, Nugent compared Michigan to California, telling Ingraham that his home state "breaks my heart."

"I was born in Detroit. You know Laura, Michigan was the arsenal of democracy," Nugent told Ingraham. "It was the epicenter of work ethic and pride of productivity when I was born in '48. But unfortunately it's turned into a suburb of San Francisco now politically and it just breaks my heart.

"California, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts — politically, those states don't even qualify as America anymore. It's just heartbreaking."

A vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, Nugent, who moved to Texas from Michigan in 2005, has criticized Michigan and Democratic politics several times before.

After Michigan elected a wave of Democrats — including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and Attorney General Dana Nessel — in the November 2018 election, Nugent called the state a "California s***hole," writing that the election results were "insane cultural suicide."

In a WKAR-TV interview shortly before the elections, Nugent told "Off The Record" hosts, "this is not the Michigan I was born in."

Nugent endorsed Michigan Republicans Bill Schuette, Tom Leonard and John James in their 2018 races, and has campaigned for Republican leaders across the country.

Nugent has come under fire in recent years after he called Parkland shooting survivors "poor, mushy-brained children" who "have no soul," and used derogatory terms to criticize Democratic leadership such as U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

A National Rifle Association board member, Nugent also drew intense criticism in 2016 after creating an anti-Semitic Facebook post that criticized Jewish leaders for their gun control stances.

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