{"id":1979862,"date":"2023-07-21T18:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T22:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-presidential-candidates-show-support-in-controversy-over-try-that-in-a-small-town-song\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T18:27:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T22:27:51","slug":"gop-presidential-candidates-show-support-in-controversy-over-try-that-in-a-small-town-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-presidential-candidates-show-support-in-controversy-over-try-that-in-a-small-town-song\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP candidates back controversial \u2018Try That in a Small Town\u2019 song."},"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\">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%2Fgop-presidential-candidates-show-support-in-controversy-over-try-that-in-a-small-town-song%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=1979862&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=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0721\/969e0b53-357c-4eea-bfd0-d6cafc046fc0\/audio.mp3?length=2708685&#038;duration=226\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Republican presidential candidates are rallying behind country music\u2062 singer Jason Aldean and \u2063his song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b1_RKu-ESCY\">\u201cTry That in a Small \u2064Town,\u201d<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> issuing statements \u2064of support in what has become\u200d a political\u2063 controversy and playing the tune at\u2062 their campaign \u2062rallies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since\u200c its release in mid-May, the now divisive song\u2064 has skyrocketed in popularity among GOP and conservative listeners while being roundly denounced by the left, Democrats, and mainstream media, who portray it as promoting\u200d gun\u200b violence and vigilantism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Aldean has said the\u200c song represents \u200ban \u201cunspoken rule\u201d for people\u2062 raised in small towns: They have each other\u2019s backs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding to the controversy was\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/listen-tim-pool-releases-first-single-with-ousted-offspring-drummer-pete-parada\/\" title=\"LISTEN: Tim Pool Releases First Single With Ousted Offspring Drummer Pete Parada\">official <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><\/a> for the song, which premiered July 14 on YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On July 20, \u201cTry That \u2062in a Small Town\u201d hit #1 on \u200dthe U.S. \u200ciTunes chart.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music Television (MTV) and Country Music Television (CMT), however, have banned\u200c the video from \u200dplaying on their networks.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5368641\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/01\/id5368641-Nikky-Haley-3-1200x824.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\tNikki\u2063 Haley at the Moms for Liberty Joyful Warriors Summit in Philadelphia, Pa., on June 30, 2023.\u200c (Beth Brelje\/The Epoch Times)<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the\u200b 2024 hopefuls touting\u200c the song are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former UN \u200cAmbassador and South \u2062Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. DeSantis and Mr. Pence made\u200c public comments backing\u200b the song,\u2062 and Ms. Haley \u200dand Mr. \u200dRamaswamy played the music at their rallies and have committed to keep doing so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On July 21\u2064 in South\u200c Carolina, Ms.\u00a0Haley posted on Twitter: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You all know I love \u2063music. tonight in \u200dGreenville, we added a \u2064new song to the playlist: Jason Aldean\u2019s \u2018Try \u2063That\u200c in a Small Town.\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Lyrics, Messages, and Images<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With inner-city crime a flashpoint issue in\u200d politics and the culture wars, the song and video make comparisons\u200b between how lawless behavior is handled \u200bin urban environments in America and how it is dealt \u200bwith in \u2064the nation\u2019s small\u200b towns.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u2064song\u2062 implies that illegal and violent conduct that flourishes and is not prosecuted in urban places\u2062 is promptly handled in smaller communities, with\u2062 that discipline \u200bbeing administered,\u200b in part, by private citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The\u2064 song starts with\u2063 the lines: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk\/ Carjack an old lady\u200d at \u200ca \u2063red light \u2026\/ Ya think it\u2019s cool\u2026. \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it continues: \u200d\u201cWell, try\u200b that in a <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>\/ \u2026 Around here, we take care \u2064of our own.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u200bofficial music video for the song\u200c contains, among \u2063other\u2064 action footage, \u2063cityscape images of the American flag being set on fire, a person brandishing a gun jumping over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-presidential-candidates-show-support-in-controversy-over-try-that-in-a-small-town-song\/\" title=\"GOP candidates back controversial \u2018Try That in a Small Town\u2019 song.\">liquor store counter<\/a>,\u200d and rioters throwing objects \u200bat\u200b police.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Near the end of the video, there is a segment in which the American flag is being raised\u2064 and images of kids playing in a yard,\u200d hunters \u200cwith guns, and a tractor rolling across a field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of July 22, on the official YouTube\u200d page of Jason Aldean,\u2063 the music video had 10 million views.  <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Different Perspectives<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karlos K. Hill, a scholar who is black, criticized \u2063the\u2063 song in\u2063 an<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidates are endorsing Jason Aldean&#8217;s &#8220;Try That in a Small Town&#8221; amidst a political dispute. The song&#8217;s popularity has surged among conservative listeners since its release in May. Campaign rallies now feature the tune, with candidates issuing supportive statements, solidifying its place in the GOP&#8217;s playlist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1640,"featured_media":1979863,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/1979862","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\/1640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1979863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}