{"id":1978442,"date":"2023-07-20T12:29:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T16:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-jumps-to-jason-aldeans-defense-points-out-double-standard-perpetuated-by-hypocrites-and-opportunist-frauds\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T12:32:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T16:32:01","slug":"vivek-ramaswamy-jumps-to-jason-aldeans-defense-points-out-double-standard-perpetuated-by-hypocrites-and-opportunist-frauds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-jumps-to-jason-aldeans-defense-points-out-double-standard-perpetuated-by-hypocrites-and-opportunist-frauds\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivek Ramaswamy defends Jason Aldean, exposes double standard of hypocrites and opportunists."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fvivek-ramaswamy-jumps-to-jason-aldeans-defense-points-out-double-standard-perpetuated-by-hypocrites-and-opportunist-frauds%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=1978442&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>Entrepreneur\u2063 Vivek Ramaswamy Defends Jason Aldean&#8217;s Song Against \u2064Leftist Backlash<\/h2>\n<p>Although entrepreneur and GOP presidential candidate\u200d Vivek Ramaswamy has a long way \u200bto go in the GOP primary race,\u200d he is beginning\u2062 to gain popularity and\u200c respect as a politically\u200d heavy hitter,\u200c even getting a favorable mention\u200d from his \u2063rival Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy may have gained a few\u200c more points Wednesday when he stood up for country music star Jason\u200d Aldean whom the \u2062media has shredded \u200cfor\u200c his song \u2064\u201cTry That\u200c in \u200ba\u200c Small Town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song criticizes people who think it\u2019s \u201ccool\u201d\u2062 to sucker-punch people on the \u2062sidewalk, carjack\u200b old \u2062ladies, rob liquor\u2064 stores, spit on cops, and burn the U.S. flag, and challenges them\u2062 to \u201ctry \u2062that in a\u200b <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>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the\u2062 leftist media lost their collective minds over the song, labeling\u200b it everything from \u2064a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-jumps-to-jason-aldeans-defense-points-out-double-standard-perpetuated-by-hypocrites-and-opportunist-frauds\/\" title=\"Vivek Ramaswamy defends Jason Aldean, exposes double standard of hypocrites and opportunists.\">song promoting\u2064 gun violence<\/a>, to a \u201clynching song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even CMT, the country music channel, bowed to \u2062the meltdown \u200cfrom the left, pulling Aldean\u2019s video from\u2064 its rotation.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday,\u2062 Ramaswamy tweeted in\u200b the song\u2019s defense, writing, \u201cJason Aldean writes \u2063a song defending the values\u200b that ALL Americans \u200cused to share \u2014 faith, family, hard work, patriotism \u2014 only to be immediately sacrificed\u200b at the altar of censorship &#038; \u200bcancellation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are the same people who \u200ccheer songs \u200clike \u2018Cop Killer\u2019 &#038; the glorification of sex and \u200dviolence\u200c in hip-hop,\u201d Ramaswamy added. \u201cStand strong against these hypocrites and opportunist frauds, @Jason_Aldean. It\u2019d be a real shame \u2062if the song hits \u200b#1. We\u2019ll do our part &#038; play it at our \u200crallies.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jason\u2062 Aldean writes a song defending the values\u200d that ALL Americans used to share\u2064 \u2013 \u2062faith, family,\u200d hard work, patriotism \u2013 only to \u200bbe immediately sacrificed at the altar of censorship &#038; cancellation. \u2063These are the same people who cheer songs like \u2063\u201cCop Killer\u201d &#038; the glorification\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WJ5s3MOI4p\">pic.twitter.com\/WJ5s3MOI4p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cVivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1681650837569904640?\">July \u200c19,\u200c 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy\u2019s prediction came true. The song \u2062did hit number one, even before it had a chance \u2062to play at any rallies, and Conservatives got a chance to understand\u200d Ramaswamy\u2019s\u2063 priorities a little better, which may help him\u200d in the long term.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jason Aldean\u2019s \u201cTry That\u200c In A\u200c Small Town\u201d has reached #1 on US\u2062 iTunes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PXZa31xpp4\">pic.twitter.com\/PXZa31xpp4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Billboard Charts (@billboardnewsb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billboardnewsb\/status\/1681499149299077123?\">July 19,\u2064 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ramaswamy is\u200c right.\u2062 Leftists have no problem with song lyrics that glorify not just violence \u2063but rape, drug use, and every other kind of evil.<\/p>\n<p>But\u200d they would like to forget that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-like-we-dont-even-exist-bidens-keystone-pipeline-executive-order-hurting-small-businesses-and-towns-video\/\" title=\"\u201cIt\u2019s Like We Don\u2019t Even Exist\u201d \u2013 Biden\u2019s Keystone Pipeline Executive Order Hurting Small Businesses and Towns (VIDEO)\">small towns<\/a> where\u200b traditional values and\u2064 people who look \u200bafter their own even exist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jason Aldean\u2019s new song, \u201cTry\u2062 That In A Small Town\u201d \u200dis not only reminding \u200bpeople that sun down towns exists, but that he loves them. Don\u2019t even \u2063listen or watch to\u2062 give him\u200c the views, but read the very scary lyrics.\u200c It\u2019s like he forgot\u2064 about\u200c the\u200c January 6\u2063 insurrection<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leigh Love (@loveleighlove) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loveleighlove\/status\/1680583071215616001?\">July 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s not a surprise that the small-town American values of faith\u2064 and community are like an\u200d alien culture to leftists.<\/p>\n<p>Who \u200bcan forget then-presidential candidate Barack Obama\u2019s famous \u201ccling to guns or\u2062 religion\u201d quote when referring to the working class\u200d in \u2064industrial towns?<\/p>\n<p>Aldean\u2062 responded to the criticism in a tweet on Tuesday, writing, \u201cIn the past 24 hours\u200d I have been accused \u2062of releasing a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cmt-caves-to-mob-pulls-jason-aldeans-newest-music-video-from-rotation\/\" title=\"CMT bows to pressure, removes Jason Aldean's latest music video.\">pro-lynching song<\/a> (a song that has been\u2062 out\u2063 since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct\u2064 quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests. 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These \u200dreferences are not only meritless, but dangerous.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason\u2063 Aldean (@Jason_Aldean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason_Aldean\/status\/1681382697875144717?\">July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Leftists \u2064may be blowing their\u2063 tops, but many fans of Aldean agree with him, as evidenced by the \u2064song reaching the \u2063top of\u200c the charts.<\/p>\n<p>Small towns where you can leave\u2062 your door open at night still exist because people of those towns value community and respect for \u200blaw enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of criticizing it or being afraid of these values, America may be \u2064a little \u2062better off if they try a little of that in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vivek-ramaswamy-jumps-jason-aldeans-defense-points-double-standard-perpetuated-hypocrites-opportunist-frauds\/\">Vivek Ramaswamy Jumps to Jason \u200bAldean&#8217;s Defense, \u200bPoints Out \u200dDouble \u200cStandard Perpetuated \u2063by &#8216;Hypocrites and Opportunist Frauds&#8217;<\/a> appeared \u2064first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u2062 Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entrepreneur and GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is gaining traction in the primary race, earning respect as a political heavyweight. 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