{"id":1980302,"date":"2023-07-22T12:58:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T16:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jason-aldean-doubles-down-on-his-song-crowd-breaks-out-into-usa-chants\/"},"modified":"2023-07-22T12:59:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T16:59:44","slug":"watch-jason-aldean-doubles-down-on-his-song-crowd-breaks-out-into-usa-chants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jason-aldean-doubles-down-on-his-song-crowd-breaks-out-into-usa-chants\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch as Jason Aldean stands firm on his song, prompting the crowd to chant &#8216;USA&#8217;."},"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\">30<\/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%2Fwatch-jason-aldean-doubles-down-on-his-song-crowd-breaks-out-into-usa-chants%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=1980302&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>If country music artist Jason Aldean is a target of cancel culture, but it doesn\u2019t seem to bother him very much.<\/h2>\n<p>Aldean performed at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, \u200bOhio,\u2063 Friday night to a\u2064 sold-out crowd, and he didn\u2019t hold back from singing \u201cTry That \u2062in a Small Town,\u201d the song that\u2019s generated so much vitriol \u200dfrom American leftists.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t hold back in his introduction to\u2064 the song, either.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gotta tell you guys,\u201d \u200bhe said \u2064to the audience in a break between numbers. \u201cIt\u2019s\u200b been a \u200clong-a** week. It\u2019s \u2062been \u2064a long week and I\u2019ve\u200c seen \u200da\u2063 lot of stuff, I\u2019ve seen a lot of stuff suggesting I\u2019m this, suggesting I\u2019m that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2062 wasn\u2019t arguing that those\u200b viewpoints should not have \u2062been shared, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like everybody\u2019s entitled to\u200d their opinion,\u201d he explained. \u201cYou can think something all you want to; that\u2064 doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s true, right?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I am is a proud American. I\u2019m proud to be from here. I love our country. \u2063I want to see it restored\u200d to\u2064 what\u2063 it once was before all this bulls*** started happening to\u200b it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t\u200c elaborate on his concerns about what, specifically, had \u201cstarted happening\u201d to the U.S., but it seems likely that he was referring \u200dto the problem of rampant crime\u200d \u2014 which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jason-aldeans-wife-message-fans-husbands-anti-woke-music-video-gets-canceled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highlighted in his\u200d song<\/a> \u2064\u2014 as well as the desire of certain elements within the country to \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cmt-caves-mob-pulls-jason-aldeans-newest-music-video-rotation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impinge upon<\/a> \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/states-push-to-rein-in-big-tech-as-federal-gears-grind-slow\/\" title=\"States Push to Rein in Big Tech as Federal Gears Grind Slow\">free speech rights<\/a> of those with whom\u2064 they disagree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love my country, I love my \u200bfamily, and I will\u2063 do anything to protect that, I can \u2062tell you that right now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, the \u2064crowd \u200b\u2014 apparently spontaneously \u2014 \u2062began chanting \u201cUSA! USA!\u201d while Aldean acknowledged the chant with a pointed finger over the \u2063crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Aldean then complained specifically about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-enraged-country-star-jason-aldean-torches-blue-cities-new-music-video-try-small-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancel culture<\/a>, presumably over his song. (The song was \u200dreleased in May,\u2064 but the video came out only this month, which \u2064sparked the backlash.)<\/p>\n<p>Aldean praised his fans \u2062for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jason-aldeans-try-small-town-hits-1-chart-cmt-caved-woke-mob\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">standing up<\/a> to those who would silence his voice, \u2062one\u2064 the fans at his concert \u2064obviously\u2062 agreed with.<\/p>\n<p>He added that a number of people had asked\u2062 whether he planned to continue performing\u2064 the song in concert, a question to which he said he had\u2063 a \u201csimple answer\u201d:\u2063 \u201cThe people have spoken, and you guys\u200b spoke very, very loudly this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neither of the following tweets contains Aldean\u2019s statement in full, but in \u2064tandem they capture\u2063 the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following videos contain graphic language that some views may find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jason Aldean\u200c is not backing down \u2062 \u2062  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yDPWP1mNO3\">pic.twitter.com\/yDPWP1mNO3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AG  (@Yolo304741) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yolo304741\/status\/1682620767295655937?\">July 22, \u20622023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jason Aldean BROUGHT THE <\/p>\n<p>YOU CAN NOT CANCEL THIS MAN!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1lkrjWL6Ip\">pic.twitter.com\/1lkrjWL6Ip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrahamAllen_1\/status\/1682763353893003265?\">July 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Aldean also addressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/view-reads-legal-note-making-absurd-allegation-aldeans-hometown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the controversy<\/a> surrounding the song \u2063on Twitter earlier this \u200dweek.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cmt-yanks-jason-aldeans-anti-riot-music-video-from-airwaves-amid-claims-its-pro-lynching\/\" title=\"CMT removes Jason Aldean's controversial music video for being 'pro-lynching'.\">pro-lynching\u200b song<\/a>\u200c (a song that has been out since May) \u200band was subject\u2064 to the \u2064comparison that I (direct quote) was \u2063not too pleased with the nationwide \u2064BLM protests. These references are \u2062not \u200bonly meritless, but dangerous.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason \u200cAldean (@Jason_Aldean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason_Aldean\/status\/1681382697875144717?\">July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn the \u2063past 24 hours I have been\u200c accused of releasing a\u2062 <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 out since\u200b May) and was subject to the comparison \u200dthat I (direct quote) was\u2063 not\u2064 too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests,\u201d Aldean \u200dtweeted. \u201cThese references are not only meritless, but dangerous.\u200c There \u2062is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to \u200dit- and there \u200disn\u2019t a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-aldeans-try-that-in-a-small-town-shoots-to-number-one-amid-backlash\/\" title=\"Jason Aldean's 'Try That In A Small Town' tops charts despite criticism.\">single video \u200dclip<\/a> that isn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jason-aldean-doubles-down-on-his-song-crowd-breaks-out-into-usa-chants\/\" title=\"Watch as Jason Aldean stands firm on his song, prompting the crowd to chant 'USA'.\">real news \u200dfootage &#8211;<\/a>and while I can try\u200d and respect others to have their own interpretation of \u2063a song with music- \u2062this one goes too far.<\/p>\n<p>Aldean explained \u2062why \u200dhe wrote the song.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTry \u200dThat In A Small Town, for me, refers to the feeling of a\u2063 community that I had growing up, \u200cwhere we took care\u2063 of our neighbors, regardless of differences of background or belief. Because they were our neighbors, and that was above any differences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy political views have never been something I\u2019ve hidden from, and I know that a lot of us in this Country don\u2019t agree\u2062 on how we get back to a\u2062 sense of normalcy where\u2062 we go at least a\u200c day without a headline that keeps us up at night.\u200d But\u200d the \u200ddesire \u200cfor it\u2062 to- that\u2019s what this song is about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jason-aldean-doubles-song-crowd-breaks-usa-chants\/\">Watch: Jason\u2063 Aldean Doubles Down on\u2063 His Song, Crowd Breaks Out Into &#8216;USA&#8217; \u200dChants<\/a> appeared \u200dfirst on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Jason Aldean faces cancel culture, it doesn&#8217;t faze him. He fearlessly sang &#8220;Try That in a Small Town&#8221; at a packed concert in Cincinnati&#8217;s Riverbend Music Center. 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