{"id":1977917,"date":"2023-07-19T20:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T00:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prominent-gun-control-activist-takes-credit-for-try-that-in-a-small-town-censorship\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T20:08:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T00:08:39","slug":"prominent-gun-control-activist-takes-credit-for-try-that-in-a-small-town-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prominent-gun-control-activist-takes-credit-for-try-that-in-a-small-town-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun control activist claims responsibility for censorship of &#8216;Try That In A Small Town&#8217;."},"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\">28<\/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%2Fprominent-gun-control-activist-takes-credit-for-try-that-in-a-small-town-censorship%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=1977917&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>A Prominent\u200b Gun \u2063Control Activist \u200dTakes Credit for CMT\u200d Removing \u2064&#8221;Try That In A \u2063Small Town&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>A well-known \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gun-control-activist-david-hogg-launching-progressive-mypillow-competitor\/\" title=\"Gun Control Activist David Hogg Launching \u2018Progressive\u2019 MyPillow Competitor\">gun control activist<\/a>, \u200bShannon Watts,\u2063 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prominent-gun-control-activist-takes-credit-for-try-that-in-a-small-town-censorship\/\" title=\"Gun control activist claims responsibility for censorship of 'Try That In A Small Town'.\">proudly \u200cclaimed responsibility<\/a> on social media for Country Music \u200dTelevision&#8217;s decision to\u200d remove \u2063the song\u2062 &#8220;Try That In A Small Town&#8221; from its network. Watts, the founder of Moms\u200b Demand Action, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-army-drafted-in-to-build-camps-for-illegal-migrants\/\" title=\"British Army Drafted in to Build Camps For Illegal Migrants\">grassroots movement advocating<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-announces-latest-initiatives-for-combatting-covid-19\/\" title=\"Biden Announces Latest Initiatives For Combatting COVID-19\">public safety measures<\/a> \u200bagainst gun\u200d violence, \u200bexpressed her\u200b satisfaction on Tuesday\u2064 night, \u200bstating that she\u2062 played a part in having\u2064 CMT eliminate what she deemed a \u200d&#8221;racist\u200d and violent song&#8221; from \u2063its \u200crotation.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenging Jason \u200dAldean&#8217;s \u2064Fundraiser<\/h3>\n<p>Furthermore, Watts took\u200b issue with country artist\u200d Jason\u2062 Aldean, \u2064who \u2064performed &#8220;Try That In A\u2064 Small Town,&#8221; being\u2062 scheduled \u2062to \u2063host a fundraiser\u2063 for \u200bthe\u2062 Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, where a school \u2064shooting occurred in \u200cMarch.<\/p>\n<p>Aldean,\u2062 a\u200d conservative, \u2064responded\u2063 to the accusations on Tuesday, \u2063expressing his\u200b displeasure \u200bat being labeled \u2064as someone who\u2063 released a &#8220;pro-lynching song&#8221;\u200b and\u200b criticizing \u2063the comparison made between his song and the Black Lives Matter protests. He clarified \u200dthat the song\u2064 does not \u200dreference\u200d race in any of \u2062its lyrics and that the footage\u2064 used \u2064in the music\u200b video \u2062was\u2062 not from news \u200dfootage of riots. Aldean also shared his \u2064hope for \u200ba return\u200c to a time \u2064when headlines didn&#8217;t\u2064 keep us up at \u200cnight, emphasizing that\u2064 &#8220;Try That\u200d In A \u2064Small Town&#8221; is about the\u2063 unity and\u2064 care\u200d for neighbors, regardless of differences.<\/p>\n<p>Showing\u200b her support for \u200bher husband, Brittany Aldean posted \u2064a photo\u200c of the\u2064 couple on \u200dsocial \u200bmedia, captioning \u200dit with\u2064 the \u200cwords, &#8220;Never apologize \u200cfor speaking the truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The Removal\u2064 of the Music Video<\/h3>\n<p>Although the\u2062 song \u2063was released in May, \u2064its music video was uploaded\u2063 to YouTube on Friday. The\u200d video includes\u2063 footage \u200dof a\u200d U.S. flag\u2064 burning, someone\u200b holding a Molotov cocktail, \u2063and people breaking into jewelry displays. CMT, a \u2064television network \u2063dedicated\u2063 to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiger-king-2-review-slapdash-pointless-moral-catastrophe\/\" title=\"'Tiger King 2' Review: Slapdash, Pointless Moral Catastrophe\">country music videos<\/a>, reportedly\u2062 removed \u2063the \u200cvideo on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200blyrics of the \u2063song include the lines, &#8220;Cuss out a cop, spit in \u200dhis face\/Stomp\u200b on the flag\u200b and \u200clight it\u200d up\/Yeah,\u2064 ya think\u2062 you&#8217;re tough\/Well,\u2062 try that in \u200da small \u2064town\/See how far ya make\u2062 it down the road.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Support from Notable Conservatives<\/p>\n<p>Jason\u200b Aldean has\u2062 received support from various\u2062 notable \u200cconservatives, including\u2062 Governor\u2064 Kristi Noem (R-SD), 2024 presidential candidate Vivek \u200cRamaswamy, and Donald Trump Jr.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dWashington\u2062 Examiner has \u200breached out to \u2064Moms Demand Action\u200b for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gun control activist, Shannon Watts, claimed responsibility on social media for Country Music Television&#8217;s removal of &#8220;Try That In A Small Town.&#8221; Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, a movement advocating for public safety against gun violence, expressed her views on the matter through a social media post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1977918,"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":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1977917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"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\/1977917","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=1977917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1977917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1977917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1977917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1977917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}