{"id":1992205,"date":"2023-08-05T20:44:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T00:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iconic-country-star-randy-travis-and-his-wife-epically-defend-jason-aldean-were-going-to-protect-our-own\/"},"modified":"2023-08-05T20:45:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T00:45:03","slug":"iconic-country-star-randy-travis-and-his-wife-epically-defend-jason-aldean-were-going-to-protect-our-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iconic-country-star-randy-travis-and-his-wife-epically-defend-jason-aldean-were-going-to-protect-our-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Country star Randy Travis and his wife fiercely support Jason Aldean: &#8216;We&#8217;ll defend our own&#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\">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%2Ficonic-country-star-randy-travis-and-his-wife-epically-defend-jason-aldean-were-going-to-protect-our-own%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=1992205&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>Iconic Country \u2062Star Randy Travis and His Wife Epically Defend Jason \u2064Aldean: &#8216;We&#8217;re Going to Protect Our Own&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>As country singer\u200b Jason Aldean\u200d tops the \u200cBillboard Hot 100 with his song \u201cTry That in a Small Town,\u201d\u2062 another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feud-escalates-between-country-legend-and-rude-reporter-ends-in-10k-anti-biden-bet\/\" title=\"Feud Escalates Between Country Legend and Rude Reporter, Ends in K Anti-Biden Bet\">country legend<\/a> \u2064has thrown \u2063his support behind the star.<\/p>\n<p>Randy Travis\u2063 and \u200bhis wife, Mary, spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/randy-travis-supports-jason-aldean-small-town-backlash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> this week\u200d to weigh\u2064 in on \u200dthe controversy about the song.<\/p>\n<p>Since Randy Travis suffered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/warning-common-ingredient-used-food-companies-linked-heart-attack-stroke-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stroke<\/a> \u200bin 2013,\u2062 Mary does the majority of the speaking for the singer.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou \u2064know, when we heard the song, when we saw the video, our first \u2062inclination was, we \u2062live in a small town,\u201d she began with Travis nodding in agreement. \u201cWe feel the\u2063 same way. And\u200b we\u200d want the world to feel \u200cthat way \u2062because we really do\u200b want to protect our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mary continued, \u201cThere\u2019s some things that have gotten\u2062 sideways \u2026 and it\u2019s not racial, and it\u2019s not any of those things. It\u2019s just where we\u200c want to be as a country and the things that established our country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy \u2064is \u2063it so hard \u200bto \u2064believe that we\u2019re going to \u2062protect our own? I mean,\u2062 that\u2019s \u2063what we do with our armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what we do with \u2063our \u200bfamily. If somebody\u200d storms in your front door and \u200cthreatens your wife or your children, what do you\u2062 do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/outrage-jason-aldeans-try-small-town-backfires-song-tops-hot-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aldean<\/a> in July released the music video for \u201cTry \u200bThat in a Small\u200d Town,\u201d which featured images of urban rioters with a warning, as the \u2062title suggests, not to try that in a small \u200ctown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains vulgar language that some viewers may find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Critics \u2062were quick\u200c to claim \u200bthe song \u2062was \u201cpro-lynching\u201d and \u201cracist,\u201d causing Country Music Television \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jason-aldeans-try-small-town-hits-1-chart-cmt-caved-woke-mob\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pull the video<\/a> from its lineup.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do \u2064you agree with Randy Travis that something has gone \u2062\u201csideways\u201d in America?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll\u2063 entitles you to\u200c The Western Journal \u200cnews updates free of charge. You may opt\u2062 out \u200dat anytime. You also agree to \u2064our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (11 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% \u200c(0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aldean spoke \u200dout on social media \u200don July\u2062 18, writing: \u201cTry That in a Small Town, for me, refers\u2063 to the feeling of a community that I had growing \u200bup, where we took care of our neighbors, regardless of\u2064 differences of background or\u200b belief. Because they were our neighbors, and\u2064 that was above any differences.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In the past 24 hours I \u200bhave been accused\u200d of releasing a <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> \u200b(a \u2063song that has been out since May) and\u200d was subject to the comparison that I (direct \u200bquote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests. These references are not only meritless, but dangerous.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Aldean (@Jason_Aldean) \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason_Aldean\/status\/1681382697875144717?\">July 18, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Like\u200c the Travises,\u200b other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/george-jones-widow-furious-attacks-jason-aldean-stop-woke-crap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stars<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-extends-proxy-voting-policy-that-republicans-sued-her-over-last-year\/\" title=\"Pelosi Extends Proxy Voting Policy That Republicans Sued Her Over Last Year\">expressed similar sentiments<\/a> about how\u2063 it is to live in a small town.<\/p>\n<p>Legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jason-aldean-fan-legendary-singer-backs-country-star-says-controversial-song-not-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Greenwood<\/a> came out in support of Aldean and said,\u2064 \u201cI\u2019m from a small town in California and, you know what, people can\u2019t take our\u200c freedom away because people\u200d know everybody \u200bin \u2063a small town, and that\u2019s what the heart of America is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s rural America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jake-owen-defends-jason-aldean-rock-stars-low-blow-try-small-town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jake Owen<\/a>, Cody\u200c Johnson and Brantley Gilbert also have expressed their \u200bapproval of Aldean\u2019s song.<\/p>\n<p>The post\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/iconic-country-star-randy-travis-wife-epically-defend-jason-aldean-going-protect\/\">Iconic Country Star Randy Travis and His Wife Epically Defend \u2062Jason \u2063Aldean: &#8216;We&#8217;re\u200d Going to Protect\u2062 Our Own&#8217;<\/a> \u200cappeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Jason Aldean&#8217;s &#8220;Try That in a Small Town&#8221; tops the Billboard Hot 100, country legend Randy Travis and his wife, Mary, voiced their support for the star. In an interview with Fox News, they addressed the song&#8217;s controversy. Given Randy Travis&#8217; personal struggles, his opinion carries weight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2019,"featured_media":1992206,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1992205","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\/2019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}