{"id":1977623,"date":"2023-07-19T16:45:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-hits-1-on-chart-after-cmt-caved-to-woke-mob-2\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T16:46:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:46:55","slug":"jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-hits-1-on-chart-after-cmt-caved-to-woke-mob-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-hits-1-on-chart-after-cmt-caved-to-woke-mob-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Aldean&#8217;s &#8216;Try That in a Small Town&#8217; Tops Chart Post CMT&#8217;s Surrender to Woke Pressure"},"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\">32<\/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-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-hits-1-on-chart-after-cmt-caved-to-woke-mob-2%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=1977623&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--><h2>Jason \u200cAldean&#8217;s &#8216;Try That in a\u200c Small\u200b Town&#8217; Hits #1\u200d on Chart\u2062 After \u2064CMT \u2062Caved\u200c to Woke Mob<\/h2>\n<p>Country music\u2063 star Jason Aldean&#8217;s fans\u2064 are\u200c listening. \u200cThe question is, is\u2064 the rest of the country?<\/p>\n<p>Aldean&#8217;s latest music \u2064video, released\u200c to accompany \u200chis song &#8220;Try That in\u200d a Small Town,&#8221; has\u200b sparked\u200d controversy and drawn\u2062 the \u200dire of \u200bleftists. The \u2063video \u2062takes aim at \u2063the riots\u2063 that plagued American \u2063cities in \u20632020 and the \u2062ongoing \u200dcrime\u2062 wave. But \u200dthe \u2064attempt\u2062 to silence Aldean has\u200c backfired \u2063spectacularly.<\/p>\n<p>CMT, the dominant paid TV \u200dnetwork for country music, \u2064succumbed \u2063to\u200c pressure \u200bfrom\u2064 the left and pulled Aldean&#8217;s video \u200dfrom its \u200drotation. However, the \u2063move seems to have \u200bonly \u200dfueled the song&#8217;s\u200b popularity. On \u200bWednesday, it \u200dreached the number one \u200bspot on\u2062 the iTunes chart.<\/p>\n<blockquote\u200c class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Jason Aldean&#8217;s &#8220;Try \u2063That In A \u2064Small Town&#8221; has reached #1 on US iTunes. <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PXZa31xpp4\">pic.twitter.com\/PXZa31xpp4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billboard Charts (@billboardnewsb) \u200c<a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billboardnewsb\/status\/1681499149299077123?\">July \u200d19,\u2062 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CMT has not\u2064 provided any further \u200bcomment on its decision, \u2063but \u2063it&#8217;s not difficult to understand why they made it.\u2064 The usual suspects \u2064on\u2064 the\u2062 left, \u200dsuch as \u2064The Daily Beast, labeled\u200b Aldean&#8217;s song \u200bas &#8220;racist&#8221;\u2064 and &#8220;pro-gun,&#8221; without any evidence to \u2062support \u200cthese claims.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u200d the\u2063 truth \u200dis that Aldean&#8217;s \u2064song\u2063 and\u2063 video \u2062do not promote \u2063&#8221;racist\u200d violence&#8221; as some critics have\u2062 suggested. Instead, they\u200d depict the violence \u2064that\u200b occurred\u2064 in 2020 during \u200cthe riots following the death \u2062of \u200dGeorge \u2062Floyd. The\u2063 fact that these\u200d images\u200b now bother \u2064leftists more than\u2063 they did \u2062in 2020 speaks\u2062 volumes \u200cabout\u200b the\u2062 progressive\u200d movement.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives\u2064 have\u2064 celebrated\u2063 Aldean&#8217;s success, seeing it as\u200b a\u2064 victory against censorship. Republican firebrand Rep. \u200dLauren Boebert \u2062tweeted,\u200c &#8220;Whenever \u200bthey \u200btry and censor us,\u200b we \u2064only\u200c go stronger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>The \u200ciTunes charts have\u2063 spoken \u2013 Jason \u200cAldean&#8217;s &#8220;Try \u2064That In A Small\u2063 Town&#8221;\u2062 is number one.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever\u200b they \u2063try\u200b and censor \u2062us,\u2062 we only go stronger.<\/p>\n<p>Time for CMT \u200dto get\u2062 the Bud\u2063 Light treatment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NW3EpJSp7y\">pic.twitter.com\/NW3EpJSp7y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cLauren \u2064Boebert (@laurenboebert) <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1681673455840665600?\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-hits-1-on-chart-after-cmt-caved-to-woke-mob-2\/\" title=\"Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' Tops Chart Post CMT's Surrender to Woke Pressure\">social media\u2063 user\u2062 echoed<\/a>\u200b this\u200d sentiment, stating, \u200b&#8221;They tried\u2062 to ban \u200cthis \u200dsong\u200c about violence \u200c&#038; crime, even removing \u200bit from Country Music\u200d TV&#8230;\u2063 So \u200cthe\u200c people did what\u200b people\u2062 do best and decided\u200b for themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>They \u2063tried \u2064to ban this song about violence \u200d&#038; crime, even removing it from Country Music\u2062 TV&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>So\u200c the people\u2063 did what\u2063 people \u2062do best and decided for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Aldean&#8217;s &#8220;Try That In\u200d A\u2062 Small \u2064Town&#8221; is #1 on \u200cUS iTunes<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c people will decide!<\/p>\n<p><a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pM9PaVCAy7\">pic.twitter.com\/pM9PaVCAy7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie&#8217;s\u200d Tweets (@BernieSpofforth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSpofforth\/status\/1681547359468003328?\">July 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It \u2062is worth noting that critics have even resorted \u200cto dredging up a crime from \u200calmost\u2063 a\u2064 century ago to\u200d smear Aldean. This \u2062desperate\u200c tactic \u2063only \u2064highlights\u2063 the lengths \u200bto which the left\u200c will \u200cgo to push \u2062their\u200c agenda \u2062and diminish\u2064 the progress \u200cthe United States \u200dhas made \u200bin\u200d terms\u2064 of racial equality.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u2062 the constant\u200b drumbeat \u200cof grievance from\u2062 the\u200c left, \u2062Aldean&#8217;s success \u200don \u2062the iTunes\u200b chart suggests that the \u2062limits of this narrative are being\u2064 reached. The CMT executives who caved to the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-hits-1-on-chart-after-cmt-caved-to-woke-mob\/\" title=\"Jason Aldean's 'Try That in a Small Town' Tops Chart Post CMT's Surrender to Woke Pressure\">woke\u2064 mob<\/a> \u2062may think\u200b they are in tune\u2063 with the\u2062 times, \u200cbut they \u2062are only \u200dfalling out of step \u200cwith the \u200brest of\u2062 America.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div \u200dclass=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you think country artists should write\u200b more anti-woke songs?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" \u2064style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting\u200b this poll \u2064entitles \u200dyou to The Western Journal news \u2063updates \u200dfree\u2064 of charge. You\u2063 may opt out \u2064at any time.\u200b You also agree to our <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy\u200d Policy<\/a> and \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" \u2062style=\"display:\u2063 none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" \u200bstyle=\"width: 99%\">\n\t\t\tYes: \u206499% (332 \u2064Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div \u2062id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 1%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 1% \u200b(2 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Just \u200bas Aldean&#8217;s\u2062 fans\u200d understood \u200dthe\u200c message\u200b of his\u200d video,\u2064 any honest person\u200c who watched it \u2062knew exactly \u200dwhat was being \u200bportrayed. The attempt\u2064 to twist \u200cthe video&#8217;s\u2062 meaning with\u200d leftist lies only reveals the desperation of those \u2063pushing\u2064 their agenda. The United\u2062 States\u200c is not \u200dthe racist hellhole \u2064that liberals wish\u200c it\u200b was.<\/p>\n<p>Aldean&#8217;s success on the \u200ciTunes chart serves\u200d as\u200c a reminder that censorship only strengthens the resolve \u2064of \u2063those\u200b who\u200d value freedom of \u200cexpression.\u2063 The CMT\u200b executives who caved \u200bto\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-wants-to-put-josh-hawley-and-ted-cruz-on-the-no-fly-list\/\" title=\"Democrat Wants To Put Josh Hawley And Ted Cruz On The No-Fly List\">woke mob<\/a> may \u200bthink they are in touch\u200d with \u200bthe\u200c times,\u2062 but \u200bthey are actually\u2063 falling \u200bout of \u200dstep with\u2064 the rest \u2064of America.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full\u200b article\u2062 on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jason-aldeans-try-small-town-hits-1-chart-cmt-caved-woke-mob\/\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country music star Jason Aldean&#8217;s fans are tuned in, but is the nation? 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