{"id":1976329,"date":"2023-07-18T15:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldean-gets-liberal-backlash-from-anti-crime-song-tops-itunes-charts\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T15:03:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:03:48","slug":"jason-aldean-gets-liberal-backlash-from-anti-crime-song-tops-itunes-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldean-gets-liberal-backlash-from-anti-crime-song-tops-itunes-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Aldean faces liberal backlash for crime-themed song, dominates iTunes charts."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fjason-aldean-gets-liberal-backlash-from-anti-crime-song-tops-itunes-charts%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=1976329&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure \u200dclass=\"wp-block-image \u200csize-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US musician\u2064 Jason\u2062 Aldean\u2062 performs during\u200c the Academy\u2062 of Country Music (ACM) \u2063Awards \u2062at Ford Center \u2064at\u2063 the Star in\u2063 Frisco, \u2063Texas, \u2064on May\u2063 11, 2023. (Photo \u200cby SUZANNE CORDEIRO \/\u200b AFP) (Photo by \u2063SUZANNE\u200c CORDEIRO\/AFP via Getty\u2064 Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> \u2064   <\/p>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/noah-herring\">Noah\u200d Herring<\/a><br \/>11:57 AM\u200b \u2013\u2062 Tuesday, July\u2064 18, 2023<\/h2>\n<p> \u200d  \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Country\u200b star \u2064Jason Aldean faced backlash from \u200bliberals after he\u200c released a\u2064 new music video this\u200b week \u2063about how small \u2062towns\u2064 wouldn\u2019t\u2062 have put\u2062 up with \u200dthe 2020 riots \u200dthat\u2063 many cities faced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\"\u2062 style=\"min-width: 320px; \u200cmin-height: \u200c50px; \u2063 text-align: center;\"> \u200c \t<script>\u2062  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { \u2063googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });\u2062  \t<\/script>  \u200d<\/div>\n<p> \u200c \u2062<div\u200b class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p> \u2062\u200c \u200b    \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Some \u200cof the \u200clyrics in the song\u200d warn criminals\u2062 and \u2064people \u2062who disrespect the flag \u200dto <strong>\u201ctry\u200c that \u2063in a small\u2064 town.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> \u2064   <\/p>\n<p>Footage from \u2062the\u200c 2020\u200d riots, including people\u2064 robbing \u200cbusinesses and burning \u2062buildings, \u2063are shown in the \u200dmusic video for <em>Try That in\u200c a \u2064Small \u2064Town<\/em>. The song\u2019s \u2064tough stance on crime \u200dand \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldean-gets-liberal-backlash-from-anti-crime-song-tops-itunes-charts\/\" title=\"Jason Aldean faces liberal backlash for crime-themed song, dominates iTunes charts.\">pro-gun messaging\u200b upset<\/a> some\u200d liberals who took\u200c to Twitter to\u2064 share their complaints.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2063 \u200c  \u2063 <figure\u2064 class=\"wp-block-embed \u2064is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div \u2062class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\"\u200b data-category=\"marketing\" \u2062data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\"\u2063 class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element\u200c twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" \u200bdata-dnt=\"true\"><p\u200c lang=\"en\"\u2063 dir=\"ltr\">When \u200bu grow up in a\u2063 small town, it\u2019s that unspoken rule\u200c of \u201cwe\u200b all\u200c have each\u2063 other\u2019s backs\u2064 and\u200c we \u200blook \u2063out for each other.\u201d \u2063It \u2062feels like \u2063somewhere along\u2064 the \u200cway, that sense of\u200d community and respect has gotten lost. Deep down\u2064 we are all\u200b ready to get \u2062back to\u2062 that. \u200bI \u200dhope\u2062 my\u200d new\u2026\u2064 <a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b5E92j0YQ5\">pic.twitter.com\/b5E92j0YQ5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 Jason \u2062Aldean (@Jason_Aldean)\u2064 <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason_Aldean\/status\/1679840996371185664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14,\u2064 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script\u200c type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\"\u200c data-category=\"marketing\"\u200c async\u200b data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u2062 charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> \u200b<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>  \u2062 \u2063\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Shannon Watts of\u2063 Moms Demand \u2062Action complained about the lyrics\u200d that \u2062Aldean used after being \u200bon stage during\u2063 a mass shooting in Las Vegas in \u200b2017.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062   <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201c@Jason_Aldean- who was\u200c on-stage\u2064 during the mass\u2064 shooting\u200d at a Las Vegas\u200d concert\u2062 in\u200b 2017\u200b that killed\u2063 60 \u200bpeople \u2064and wounded over 400 more \u200d\u2013 \u2062has \u2063recorded a song called \u2064\u2018Try\u2064 That\u200c In A Small Town\u2019 \u2064about \u2064how he \u200dand his \u2062friends will \u2063shoot you\u2063 if you try to\u2064 take their guns,\u201d she wrote on\u2064 Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u2064 \u200c \u2063 \u200b<figure\u2062 class=\"wp-block-embed \u2063is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div\u2063 class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\"\u2062 data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\"\u2064 class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element\u2063 twitter-tweet\" \u200ddata-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p\u2064 lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason_Aldean?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jason_Aldean<\/a> \u200d\u2013 \u2063who was on-stage during \u200bthe\u2062 mass shooting at\u2062 a Las Vegas \u2062concert in \u20622017 that \u200ckilled 60 people\u2064 and wounded \u2064over 400\u2064 more \u2013\u2063 has recorded a song\u200d called \u201cTry That In A Small Town\u201d about how\u2064 he and his friends\u200b will shoot you if you\u2062 try to\u200c take\u200d their \u2062guns. <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hWGdEgS33v\">pic.twitter.com\/hWGdEgS33v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Shannon\u2064 Watts \u200b(@shannonrwatts) \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shannonrwatts\/status\/1680785301273456641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script\u200c type=\"text\/plain\"\u200b data-service=\"twitter\" \u200bdata-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> \u2063<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>  \u200d\u2064  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Other \u2062users on \u200bTwitter\u200d accused \u200dAldean of\u200c racism\u2063 by\u2062 writing \u200da \u200d<strong>\u201cpro-lynching\u201d<\/strong> song.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d \u2062 <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\u200b is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div \u200dclass=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> \u200d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\"\u2062 data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p \u2062lang=\"en\" \u200bdir=\"ltr\">There is no non-racialized way to write a\u200d song\u2062 about \u200blynching.<\/p>\n<p>When Jason Aldean\u200c sings,\u200b \u201cSee\u2063 how \u2064far\u200d ya \u2062make \u200dit down the road,\u201d it \u2062invokes\u200d a very particular\u200c legacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rev. Dr.\u2064 Jacqui Lewis\u2063 (@RevJacquiLewis)\u200b <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RevJacquiLewis\/status\/1681298205592682496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\"\u2062 async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" \u200dcharset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u200b <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p> \u2062  \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200c criticism \u200dby\u200b some\u2064 on \u200dthe \u2064left, \u200dAldean has \u200dreceived praise\u2062 from conservatives\u2062 around the country for \u200dspeaking\u2062 up \u2064on these issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 \u2063  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" \u2064class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element \u200dtwitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\"\u2062 data-dnt=\"true\"><p\u2062 lang=\"en\"\u200c dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason_Aldean?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jason_Aldean<\/a> put everything \u200bthat is on our\u2064 minds to music. \u200b<\/p>\n<p>Everyone needs \u200dto\u2063 listen to \u200bthis song\u2064 and just reflect \u2064on how\u2063 far \u2062this\u2063 great nation \u2064has fallen\u2064 \u2014\u200b but realize\u2064 that WE THE \u200cPEOPLE \u200bcan\u2063 get \u2064it\u2064 all \u200bback\u2064 and MORE!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jlgS0Tf65U\">pic.twitter.com\/jlgS0Tf65U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2064Lauren\u2063 Boebert \u2063(@laurenboebert)\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1681341046255501324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July\u200b 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" \u2062data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" \u200casync data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" \u200ccharset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> \u2062<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>  \u200b \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>This \u200cis\u200c not \u200dthe first\u2063 time the \u2064country\u2064 star \u2063has faced backlash for\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justin-trudeau-on-dodging-tinfoil-hat-truckers-i-talk-to-protesters-i-agree-with-like-blm\/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau on Dodging 'Tinfoil Hat' Truckers: I Talk to Protesters 'I Agree With,' Like BLM\">sharing political views<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>In \u20632021,\u200b Aldean and his wife received\u200c backlash\u200d from the\u200d far left \u200bafter\u2064 he and his family were photographed wearing anti-Biden \u2064shirts. In response,\u2063 Aldean\u2063 said that \u2063he \u2063would\u200d <strong>\u201cnever\u200d apologize\u201d<\/strong>\u200c for\u200b his\u2064 beliefs.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064   <\/p>\n<blockquote \u2064class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI will never apologize for \u200dmy beliefs or my love for\u200b my family and country,\u201d Aldean wrote on\u200b Instagram at the \u2062time. \u2064\u201cThis is \u2062the \u200cgreatest\u200b country in the\u2064 world \u200cand I\u2064 want \u2064to keep it that \u2062way. #unapologetic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u200d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  \u200b \u200b\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>As of\u2063 Tuesday \u200dmorning, <em>Try \u2063That in a \u200cSmall Town<\/em> was \u200dlisted \u200bas number \u200cone \u200bon the iTunes store.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062   <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed!\u200b Receive breaking news \u2064blasts directly to your inbox for free. \u200dSubscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" \u2063rel=\"noreferrer \u2062noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \t\t\t \u200b\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div \u2063class=\"entry-content\"> \u200b \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>Steven Rogers, Retired New Jersey \u200cPolice Lieutenant,\u200d joins Monica \u200bRodriguez\u2062 to discuss \u2062the White\u200d House cocaine scandal\u2026 \u2063apparently\u200d it \u200cwasn\u2019t\u2063 the \u2063first \u2063drug found \u2063at 1600 Pennsylvania \u2062Avenue this\u2063 year.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"> \u2064 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>Colin\u2063 Schmitt, \u2064Retired \u200cFBI Agent, \u2064joins Monica \u2062Rodriguez \u200cto discuss Christopher Wray\u2019s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee and\u2064 why the \u2063FBI\u2062 is \u2018broken.\u2019<\/h3>\n<p> \u200d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"> \u200b \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>Dan Geltrude, \u200dAmerica\u2019s \u2062Account, joins \u200bMonica\u2063 Rodriguez\u200c to discuss \u200cwhy Blackrock \u2063CEO\u200d Larry Fink is \u2062suddenly\u200d on\u2064 the crypto \u200dtrain.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\u200d  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>Andrea Kaye, Radio \u200bHost, joins Monica\u200b Rodriguez to\u2062 discuss \u2018Creepy \u200cJoe\u2019 nibbling \u200con a young \u200bgirl\u200b in\u200d Finland and how\u200c Hollywood exploits \u200dchildren for profit.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"> \u2064 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>TOKYO \u2064(Reuters) \u2062\u2013 \u200bSoftBank Group has\u200d invested $65 \u200bmillion in British company\u2062 Tractable, \u2064an insurance \u200dtechnology\u200c company \u2063that uses\u2063 AI to assess\u2026\u200c <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div\u200d class=\"entry-content\"> \u2064 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>NEW DELHI \u200d(Reuters) \u2013 Walt Disney has \u2064approached a state court\u2062 in \u200cIndia in\u200b an \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">ongoing legal challenge<\/a>\u2064 against Google\u2019s \u200cin-app billing\u2026\u200b <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div \u200cclass=\"entry-content\"> \u200c \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>ISTANBUL\u2064 (Reuters) \u2013 \u2063An accord which \u2062Saudi\u2062 Arabia signed to\u200d buy\u200b Turkish\u2064 drones\u200d entails\u200b cooperation in technology\u200c transfer and \u2063joint production, the\u2026\u200c <\/h3>\n<p> \u200c\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>WASHINGTON \u200d(Reuters) \u2013 The White\u200c House on Tuesday\u2064 along \u2063with companies \u200csuch as\u2063 Amazon.com Inc, \u2063Alphabet\u2019s \u2064Google \u2062and Best\u2062 Buy will announce\u2026 \u2062<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country star Jason Aldean faced 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