{"id":1908940,"date":"2023-04-02T19:43:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T23:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reba-mcentire-blasts-new-tennessee-law-banning-children-from-drag-shows\/"},"modified":"2023-04-02T19:44:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T23:44:38","slug":"reba-mcentire-blasts-new-tennessee-law-banning-children-from-drag-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reba-mcentire-blasts-new-tennessee-law-banning-children-from-drag-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Reba McEntire Blasts New Tennessee Law Banning Children From Drag Shows"},"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\">22<\/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%2Freba-mcentire-blasts-new-tennessee-law-banning-children-from-drag-shows%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=1908940&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-->\n<div>\n<p>Reba McEntire, a country singer, has slammed a new Tennessee law that prohibits drag shows from taking place in public areas or spaces where minors can witness them.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, a Republican, signed a law onApril 1 that takes effect the same day, banning &#8220;adult cabaret entertainment,&#8221; including drag shows. State Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, a co-sponsor of the bill, tweeted, &#8220;This bill gives parents the confidence to take their children to a public or private show without being blindsided by a sexualized performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Times asked McEntire what she thinks about the bill. \u201cI wish they&#8217;d spend that much time and energy and money on feeding the homeless children in those two counties,\u201d McEntire responded.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if she was shocked that the bill was approved, she replied, &#8220;Disappointed.&#8221; The Times added, &#8220;You know your perspective on the drag bill could be alienating to some of your audience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Boy, why? I mean, we&#8217;ve got a real problem in this country, and to be worried about men wanting to dress up as women? God bless them for wearing those high heels\u2014I feel for them. But let&#8217;s concentrate our attention on something that really requires attention,&#8221; McEntire answered, adding, &#8220;I try to keep away from disputes and confrontations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A person who violates the new Tennessee law for the first time may be charged with a Class A misdemeanor, with subsequent offenses being classified as a Class E felony.<\/p>\n<p>In June of this year, McEntire tweeted her annoyance when organizers for a Republican party fundraiser in which South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was a guest listed her as a &#8220;special guest.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without my knowledge or permission, an invitation to a political fundraiser with my name attached was sent out last night. I had, and have no plans to attend this event, and I had told the event organizers about it,&#8221; she tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Throughout my career, I have stated that I do not get involved in politics, and that remains true today,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>According to Noem&#8217;s gubernatorial campaign officials, McEntire was aware of the fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it comes to confirming and listing hosts for the Governor&#8217;s events, the Kristi for Governor campaign follows standard operating procedures,&#8221; said a campaign representative, adding that there was &#8220;written confirmation&#8221; that McEntire had intended to perform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country singer Reba McEntire criticized Friday a new Tennessee law that bans drag shows from spaces where children could see them.At the beginning of March, Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed into law a bill taking effect April 1 that will ban \u201cadult cabaret entertainment,\u201d including drag shows, on public property or where minors can<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1908941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[6492,3675,4294,7069,6547,13023,13024,6651],"class_list":["post-1908940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-banning","tag-blasts","tag-children","tag-drag","tag-law","tag-mcentire","tag-reba","tag-tennessee"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1908940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1908941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1908940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1908940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1908940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}