{"id":1976744,"date":"2023-07-18T21:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldean-responds-to-backlash-over-new-music-video-that-slams-leftist-policies\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:02:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:02:26","slug":"jason-aldean-responds-to-backlash-over-new-music-video-that-slams-leftist-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldean-responds-to-backlash-over-new-music-video-that-slams-leftist-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Aldean addresses criticism of music video criticizing leftist policies."},"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\">20<\/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-responds-to-backlash-over-new-music-video-that-slams-leftist-policies%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=1976744&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 star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/my-barbie-jason-aldean-shows-support-for-wife-brittany-as-her-transgender-post-inspires-fury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason\u200b Aldean<\/a>\u200d has responded \u2062to \u200dthe\u200c backlash over\u200c his \u2064powerful \u200dnew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-buzzfeed-employee-and-trump-hater-baked-alaska-who-endorsed-a-democrat-for-president-gets-arrested-after-storming-us-capitol\/\" title=\"Former Buzzfeed Employee And Trump-Hater \u2018Baked Alaska\u2019 \u2013 Who Endorsed A Democrat For President \u2013 Gets Arrested After Storming US Capitol\">music video<\/a> for the song, \u201cTry That In A Small Town.\u201d In the \u200bvideo,\u2062 Aldean\u2062 takes a stand against \u2063leftist policies \u2063such as gun \u200ccontrol \u2063and soft-on-crime\u200b governance.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b<\/p>\n<p>The 46-year-old country\u200d singer released \u2064the <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b1_RKu-ESCY\" target=\"_blank\" \u200crel=\"noopener\">music \u2062video<\/a> for his\u200b emotional three-minute\u200c ballad on\u200d Friday. The video\u200d addresses\u2062 the\u2064 riots in the\u2064 United\u2064 States \u200band the\u2062 random violence that \u200bhas plagued\u200b some of the country&#8217;s biggest\u2063 cities since 2020. \u2064Aldean sets\u2063 a somber \u200dtone \u2062as he stands in \u2062front of a government building, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/viral-video-of-ahmaud-arberys-death-prompts-challenges-in-jury-selection-for-high-profile-murder-trial-in-ga\/\" title=\"Viral video of Ahmaud Arbery\u2019s death prompts challenges in jury selection for high-profile murder trial in Ga.\">news footage<\/a>\u2064 of a carjacking playing behind him. However, some <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/entertainment\/a44576067\/jason-aldean-try-that-in-a-small-town-lyrics-backlash\/\"\u2062 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headlines<\/a> have labeled \u200cthe song\u200b as &#8220;pro-lynching&#8221; and &#8220;racist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p>Aldean \u2064took to\u2062 Twitter \u2063to\u2062 address these claims, \u200bcalling\u200d them &#8220;meritless&#8221; and &#8220;dangerous.&#8221; He\u200c clarified that \u2063the song\u200d does \u2064not \u200dreference race in any\u2063 way and that the\u2062 video only features\u2063 real news footage. Aldean emphasized\u2064 that he\u2062 does not want to \u2062see senseless headlines or families torn apart, as he himself experienced \u200bthe tragedy\u2062 of\u200c the \u2064Route\u2064 91 \u200dshooting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> \u2064<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b his\u200c statement, Aldean\u200c explained that the song\u200c is \u200dabout the sense \u200dof\u2064 community he\u2063 experienced while growing \u2063up, where neighbors took care of each other regardless \u2062of their differences. \u200cHe \u2063acknowledged that his political\u200d views\u2063 are well known,\u200c but this song is \u2064about something\u2062 bigger.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p> \u200b<\/p>\n<p>Aldean expressed his desire\u200b for\u200c a \u2062sense of normalcy in the country,\u2062 where \u2062people can go at least a day without being consumed \u2062by distressing \u2064headlines. \u2063The music video includes clips \u200bof \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldean-responds-to-backlash-over-new-music-video-that-slams-leftist-policies\/\" title=\"Jason Aldean addresses criticism of music video criticizing leftist policies.\">news reports \u2064showing looters<\/a>\u200d and\u2062 rioters \u200bduring the 2020 riots in \u200dGeorgia, Aldean&#8217;s home state, as \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/jason-aldean-catches-heat-racist-215436753.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo.com<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b lyrics of\u200d the \u200bsong address various issues, such\u2064 as \u200crandom acts of violence, disrespect towards law enforcement,\u2063 and the\u200d importance\u2062 of \u2064gun\u200b rights. Aldean concludes \u2062the song with a\u200d reference to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">small town<\/a>&#8216;s \u2062resilient spirit and \u200cwillingness \u2063to stand up \u200dfor what \u2062is right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country star Jason Aldean faced criticism for his music video &#8220;Try That In A Small Town,&#8221; where he criticizes left-wing policies such as gun control and lenient crime governance. Released on Friday, the three-minute ballad tackles the topic of riots. Aldean, 46, responded to the backlash surrounding the video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1976745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/1976744","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\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}