{"id":589290,"date":"2021-07-12T17:07:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T21:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589290"},"modified":"2021-07-12T17:07:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T21:07:10","slug":"john-rich-liberals-in-nashville-are-censoring-country-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-rich-liberals-in-nashville-are-censoring-country-music\/","title":{"rendered":"John Rich: Liberals in Nashville are censoring country music"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fjohn-rich-liberals-in-nashville-are-censoring-country-music%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=589290&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 id=\"attachment_2453950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2453950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Country artist John Rich performs at Redneck Riviera Nashville in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:04 PM PT \u2013 Monday, July 12, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>John Rich, the man behind country hits such as \u201cShuttin\u2019 Down Detroit\u201d and \u201cCountry Done Come to Town,\u201d has warned of a growing divide between the artists within one of America\u2019s most traditional styles and the forces behind the scenes. In an interview with Breitbart News on&nbsp; Saturday, Rich said as the Democratic party has become more emboldened over the last year, Democrats who have their stock in country music have followed suit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat you\u2019ve got is a really interesting scenario here where the industry of country music is\u2026the majority is very liberal,\u201d he explained. \u201cThey\u2019ve been that way for a long time and it\u2019s interesting that the industry that puts out country music doesn\u2019t really align with a lot of the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There are many conservative country music singers that just won&#8217;t say anything to push back against the ideologies that aim to erase what they care about. Why? You know why. I hope soon we see them start to speak up. The country music industry is out of touch with the audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Rich (@johnrich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnrich\/status\/1402996066144841739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Rich didn\u2019t have the statistics on the scope of liberal influence on country music, some digging into the biggest names in the genre and corresponding Federal Election Commission filings have painted a pretty clear picture. One of the largest labels in country music is Universal Music Group Nashville, which is a subsidiary of UMG run by Mike Dungan.<\/p>\n<p>In the last year, Dungan donated to the campaigns of Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff (D), Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison and Joe Biden. He has also made repeated donations to the Democrats\u2019 virtual fundraising arm known as Act Blue.<\/p>\n<p>Another country music heavyweight is Warner Music Group Nashville, whose CEO John Esposito has given money to the Senate Majority Pac founded by \u201cexperienced and aggressive\u201d Democrat strategists, the failed congressional campaign of a Kentucky Democrat and Act Blue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy don\u2019t we see other country artists, who we assume are probably conservative, why don\u2019t we see them speaking out?\u201d He questioned. \u201cThe answer is because they still want to get their records played.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FYI: To any of Biden&#8217;s missionaries who feel moved to knock on my door to push me to get the jab, I&#8217;ll kindly invite you in, tell you about Jesus and make you listen to Ronald Reagan speeches until dinner. If you&#8217;re still here, we&#8217;ll have a slow, full reading of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Rich (@johnrich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnrich\/status\/1412524632628944898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rich added it hasn\u2019t always been this way and the surge in censorship was a relatively new trend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the years, the industry has never really come out really strongly about their liberal edge that they have until recently,\u201d he expressed. \u201cMaybe in the last six to 12 months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s a trend that Rich hoped parents would be able to stop from spreading. He went on to warn moms and dads their children look to them as examples of how to respond to this type of discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they hear mom and dad saying something around the dinner table, but then they zip their lips when it comes to say it out in the open and they won\u2019t say it,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhat do you think the kids are going to do 15 to 20 years from now when they run into this situation.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>If parent\u2019s need inspiration to stand up for themselves and their children, Rich says look no further than the words of our founding fathers. He went on to reference \u201cgive me liberty or give me death\u201d as the founding phrase of this country.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/vaccine-door-knocking-instructions-revealed\/\">Vaccine Door-Knocking Instructions Revealed<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country artist John Rich performs at Redneck Riviera Nashville in Nashville, Tennessee. 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