{"id":1635201,"date":"2022-09-07T09:48:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T13:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1635201"},"modified":"2022-09-07T09:49:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T13:49:43","slug":"7-country-singers-who-are-unapologetic-liberals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-country-singers-who-are-unapologetic-liberals\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Country Singers Who Are Unapologetic Liberals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F7-country-singers-who-are-unapologetic-liberals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1635201&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Country music used to be synonymous with conservatism, but not so much anymore. These days the same singers who wear cowboy boots and croon about winding back roads and sweet iced tea are likely to hold the same political views as a blue-haired Gender Studies major from Portland. Somehow, even the country music world has been infiltrated.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of big-name musicians who refuse to comment on politics. There are also some who are brave enough to admit they\u2019re conservative. Then there are those who openly condemn the values held by most of their audience, which gets a little awkward sometimes. Here are the most liberal country stars and what they have to say about it.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicks (formerly The Dixie Chicks)<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Maines is the lead singer for the band, which formed in 1997, and has had some harsh criticism for Republican presidents ever since. In 2003, she said she was \u201cashamed\u201d that then-president Bush came from Texas. There was also an unfortunate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dixie-chicks-singer-natalie-maines-calls-president-joseph-curl\">incident<\/a> during a June 2016 performance in Cincinnati, when the band performed in front of a backdrop showing Trump with devil horns coming out of his head.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s too late to make it right \/ I probably wouldn\u2019t if I could \/ \u2018Cause I\u2019m mad as hell, can\u2019t bring myself \/ To do what it is you think I should,\u201d the lyrics to the 2006 hit single \u201cNot Ready to Make Nice\u201d say. Since then, the band has also voiced their support for gun control and LGBTQ rights.<\/p>\n<p>Dropping \u201cDixie\u201d from their name was also a political statement. They removed the offending word due to its association with the South, and therefore, slavery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe felt like \u2018Dixie\u2019 is a word that does hold a lot of negative connotations and harkens back to a time in our country that brought pain to so many people,\u201d Maines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/business\/chart-beat\/9425639\/gaslighter-no-1-top-country-albums-chart-the-chicks\">told<\/a> Billboard magazine. \u201cWe are relieved to have a new name and shed the \u2018Dixie\u2019 once and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garth Brooks<\/p>\n<p>The 60-year-old country music singer Garth Brooks is one of the most successful in the business as the only artist in history to have nine albums reach diamond status. Still, a lot of his audience is not aligned with Brooks\u2019 political views. The songwriter played at Joe Biden\u2019s inauguration, saying \u201cThis is not a political statement. This is a statement of unity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He joked about being \u201cthe only Republican at the ceremony,\u201d but conservative fans don\u2019t believe he\u2019s really on their side.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks is also a huge proponent of gay rights. He <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/1993\/more\/news\/glaad-unveils-media-award-winners-103410\/\">won<\/a> the GLAAD Media Award in 1993 for the song \u201cWe Shall Be Free,\u201d which included the line, \u201cWhen we\u2019re free to love anyone we choose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer insists he\u2019s not political and that in the end, it doesn\u2019t matter one way or the other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to understand that when you get to heaven, nobody cares about \u2018Republican\u2019 or \u2018Democrat\u2019 in heaven at all. \u2018Welcome to heaven. This is it,\u2019\u201d Brooks said, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/every-time-garth-brooks-spoke-out-about-politics\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t care who\u2019s on the other end of that board that\u2019s helping you carry it. You don\u2019t care the color of their skin, their sexual preference, their religious preference. It doesn\u2019t matter. You\u2019re all here to build a house for someone who needs it. Usually for a young lady and her babies, or a family that needs it. So this is way, way, way beyond any political agenda at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Swift spent a long time trying to stay apolitical but eventually the current climate caught up with her, and now the 32-year-old Grammy Award winner is an avowed liberal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These days Swift makes no secret of her feelings about abortion, a hatred of Donald Trump, and her support for LGBTQ rights. Following the Dobbs ruling in June which overturned Roe v. Wade, the singer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taylorswift13\/status\/1540382753677627393\">shared<\/a> how upset she was with her millions of fans via Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m absolutely terrified that this is where we are,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThat after so many decades of people fighting for women\u2019s rights to their own bodies, today\u2019s decision has stripped us of that.\u201d She posted this alongside an image of Michelle Obama\u2019s letter about being \u201cheartbroken\u201d that abortions would be restricted in America.<\/p>\n<p>Swift performed during WorldPride NYC 2019 at the Stonewall Inn and donated to the LGBT organizations Tennessee Equality Project and GLAAD.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cShake It Off\u201d singer endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the 2020 United States presidential election. She also showed support for the March for Our Lives movement to support stricter gun control. Swift has identified white supremacy, racism, and police brutality as major issues plaguing our country today.<\/p>\n<p>Tim McGraw<\/p>\n<p>Even though Tim McGraw is one of the most successful country music stars in the world with more than 80 million records sold worldwide, his politics are opposite from most of his fans.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, McGraw said he was contemplating running for governor of his home state<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country music used to be synonymous with conservatism, but not so much anymore. These days the same singers who wear cowboy boots and croon about winding back roads and sweet iced tea are likely to hold the same political views as a blue-haired Gender Studies major from Portland. 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