{"id":1980059,"date":"2023-07-21T21:47:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T01:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-candidates-play-try-that-in-a-small-town-at-rallies-in-show-of-support-to-jason-aldean\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T21:48:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T01:48:52","slug":"gop-candidates-play-try-that-in-a-small-town-at-rallies-in-show-of-support-to-jason-aldean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-candidates-play-try-that-in-a-small-town-at-rallies-in-show-of-support-to-jason-aldean\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP candidates show support for Jason Aldean by playing &#8216;Try That in a Small Town&#8217; at rallies."},"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\">34<\/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-candidates-play-try-that-in-a-small-town-at-rallies-in-show-of-support-to-jason-aldean%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=1980059&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<blockquote>\n<h2>Republican Presidential Candidates Rally \u2063Behind Jason Aldean&#8217;s Controversial Song<\/h2>\n<p>Republican presidential \u200dcandidates are \u200brallying\u2064 behind country music singer Jason Aldean and his song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b1_RKu-ESCY\">\u201cTry \u2064That in a Small Town,\u201d<\/a> issuing statements of support in what has become a political controversy\u200d and playing the tune at their campaign rallies.<\/p>\n<p>Since its release \u200cin mid-May, the now divisive song\u200d has skyrocketed in popularity \u200damong GOP and \u200cconservative listeners while being roundly denounced by the left, which accuse it\u2062 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-says-donald-trump-will-easily-win-in-2024-if-he-can-just-let-go-of-2020\/\" title=\"Bill Maher Says Donald Trump Will Easily Win In 2024 If He \u2018Can Just Let Go\u2019 Of 2020\">promoting gun violence<\/a> and racism.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to \u200cthe controversy\u2063 was 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 music video<\/a> for\u2064 the song, which premiered July 14 on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fraudulent-lockdown-era-unemployment-payments-may-amount-to-60-billion-government-watchdog-says\/\" title=\"Fraudulent Lockdown-Era Unemployment Payments May Amount To  Billion, Government Watchdog Says\">music video features<\/a> as a backdrop to Mr. Aldean singing at the Maury\u2064 County\u200b Courthouse in Columbia, \u2062Tenn., a\u2064 balcony from\u200c which a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-candidates-play-try-that-in-a-small-town-at-rallies-in-show-of-support-to-jason-aldean\/\" title=\"GOP candidates show support for Jason Aldean by playing 'Try That in a Small Town' at rallies.\">mob hanged black 18-year-<\/a>old Henry Choate in 1927. Columbia \u2062is also the site\u200b of a 1946 major race \u200driot.<\/p>\n<p>The producers of the video said that Mr. Aldean \u200bdid\u200c not choose the location.<\/p>\n<p>On July 20, \u201cTry That in a \u2064Small Town\u201d hit No. 1 on the U.S. iTunes\u2064 chart.<\/p>\n<p>Music Television (MTV) \u2063and Country Music Television (CMT), however, have banned the video\u2064 from playing\u200d on their networks.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 2024 \u200bhopefuls touting the song are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former UN Ambassador and \u200dSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. DeSantis \u2062and Mr. \u200cPence made public\u200b comments backing the song, and\u200d Ms. Haley and Mr. Ramaswamy played the music at their rallies and have committed to keep doing so.<\/p>\n<p>At a New Hampshire town\u2063 hall on July\u2064 20, Mr. Ramaswamy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/ramaswamy-unveils-plans-to-eradicate-fbi-department-of-education-nuclear-regulatory-commission_5414520.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained<\/a> why he chose to play the song at the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to understand the best measure of America\u2019s health? Here\u2019s what it is: it is \u2063the\u2064 percentage of people who feel\u200b free to say \u2063what\u200b they actually think in \u2064public,\u201d\u2063 the biotech entrepreneur told the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect\u2014whether it\u2019s a musical artist, whether it\u2019s a parent, whether it\u2019s a corporate executive who \u2064will say in \u2063public the things that you are otherwise supposed to keep to yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On July 21 in South Carolina, Ms. Haley posted on Twitter: \u201cYou all\u200c know I love music. Tonight \u2063in Greenville, we added a\u2064 new song to the playlist: Jason Aldean\u2019s \u2018Try That in a Small Town.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Pence commented\u200b on the song when speaking with reporters at a campaign \u2064stop in New \u200cHampshire:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the attacks on Jason Aldean\u2064 for penning a song that just really celebrates \u200bthe strength of small towns like the one I grew\u200b up in is really despicable,\u201d\u200d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just an example of the kind of conflict within the popular culture that\u2063 we<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/serena-williams-withdraws-from-us-open-over-hamstring-injury\/\" title=\"Serena Williams Withdraws From US Open Over Hamstring Injury\">\u2019ve grown accustomed<\/a> to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Fox News, Ron DeSantis spoke to the \u200dcontroversy over the song, saying, \u201cWe need to restore\u200c sanity to this country. I mean, what is going on that that\u200b would be something that would be censured. I mean, give me a break.\u200d We\u2019re \u200coff the rocker here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aldean addressed the controversy in\u2062 a tweet he posted\u200d on July 18.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past 24 hours, I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May)\u200d and was \u200dsubject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese references are not only \u200bmeritless, but dangerous. There is not a single \u2063lyric in the song that references race or points to it- and there isn\u2019t a\u200d single video clip\u2063 that isn\u2019t real news footage -and while\u2064 I\u2062 can try and respect others to have their\u2064 own interpretation of a \u2064song with music- this \u2063one\u2064 goes too far.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5368641\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n\t\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><br \/>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n<h2>Lyrics, Messages, and Images<\/h2>\n<p>With \u200binner-c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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 realm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1640,"featured_media":1980060,"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-1980059","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\/1980059","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=1980059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}