Country music superstar Jason Aldean isn’t about to bend the knee to the rabid “woke” mob that’s been clamoring for him to be canceled over his hit song “Try That in a Small Town” and he sent his critics a defiant message at a Friday concert, much to the delight of the crowd.
In a slow summer news cycle with a media that is desperate to find examples of perceived white racism, the 46-year-old artist found himself at the center of a ginned-up racial outrage storm when the video of the popular song was decried for its imagery which the screamers claimed were tantamount to an official endorsement of lynching.
On Friday, Aldean’s Highway Desperado Tour stopped by Cincinnati’s Riverbend Music Center where he addressed the controversy during a break in the band’s set, his defiant words of patriotism were like slinging a fistful of mud into the eyes of the haters who almost certainly boiled over with rage over his refusal to grovel and beg for forgiveness like so many others have only to discover that the mob will never be satisfied.
USA Chants Break Out as Jason Aldean Addresses the Media Attacks on Him This Week
“I love our country. I want to see it restored to what it once was before all this bullsh*t started happening to us.”
*From last night’s show in Cincinnati, OH (7/21) pic.twitter.com/VKGRIp0PvD
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) July 22, 2023
“I gotta tell you guys man, it’s been a long-ass week,” he said. “It’s been a long week and I’ve seen a lotta stuff, I’ve seen a lotta of stuff.. suggesting I’m this, suggesting I’m that…,” as the crowd booed. “Here’s the thing, here’s the thing here’s one thing I feel, I feel like everybody is entitled to their opinion you can think something all you want to, it doesn’t mean it’s true…”
“What I am, is a proud American…I love our country, I want to see it restored to what it once was before all this bulls**t started happening to us…I love my country, I love my family and I will do anything to protect that,” he added as the crowd went absolutely wild, cheering and breaking into chants of “USA! USA! USA!”
The overwhelmingly positive reaction from patriotic Americans who are fed up with the cancel culture “commies” wasn’t confined to the Cincy venue, spilling over onto Twitter where users expressed their support for someone who FINALLY told the mob to shove it.
THIS IS HOW IT’S DONE!
Jason Aldean responds PERFECTLY to Commies trying to cancel him
No crying
No apology
No surrender“I’m a proud American. I love our country, I want to see it restored to what it once was before all this bulls**t”
Crowd ROARS with USA chants
What a KING pic.twitter.com/ioiZLeJXEb
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 22, 2023
Jason didn’t make the same mistake as Garth
— Chip Sellers (@chip_sellers) July 22, 2023
We’re fed up with the shitty culture this country has running through it right now, we’re sick of all the bullshit looting, ect. If you have a problem with Aldeans lyrics in “try that in a small town” you’re part of the problem we have in America today. #RealTalk #America https://t.co/FMRtfH8RIA
— jgrover1533 (@jgrover1533) July 22, 2023
Good! Finally an A-list artist had the balls to give a middle finger to left-wing cancel culture.
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 22, 2023
Never really listened to him before. But once the cancel culture mob went after him I started buying his songs to show support .
Great music.
— AJH (@1_2_question) July 22, 2023
.@Jason_Aldean tells it like it is. And it is complete and total bull$h!t what is going on in our country right now.
Don’t anyone pretend it will go away with another election or two or three.
We have to stand up for ourselves, our families, our communities and most… https://t.co/d5rK2wVjLo
— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) July 22, 2023
His music is small town America. Big fan for yrs. One of my favorite songs of his is Fly Over States. He speaks for ppl who are the heart and soul of this country but are the least powerful, disregarded, and forgotten. Until they push us.
— RUBQ (@Ruby_8385) July 22, 2023
The left-wing elite that controls the media, dominates the culture and forces its sexually degenerate anti-white, anti-American agenda down the throats of the country were infuriated over the Aldean video which shows the violence that has been unleashed in post-Obama America, especially since the 2020 George Floyd “summer of love” and its lyrics that the thugs who burned and looted cities had better not get the idea that their antics will be as well received in small towns as they are in Democrat-controlled metropolises.
(Video: YouTube/Jason Aldean)
While pundits howled racism, Aldean got his props from the two top Republican candidates, former President Donald J. Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
“Jason Aldean is a fantastic guy who just came out with a great new song. Support Jason all the way. MAGA!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

(Image: Screenshot/Truth Social)
“When the media attacks you, you’re doing something right. @Jason_Aldean has nothing to apologize for,” DeSantis tweeted.
When the media attacks you, you’re doing something right. @Jason_Aldean has nothing to apologize for. https://t.co/oEhCFS4CGM
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) July 19, 2023
“In the past 24 hours I have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests,” Aldean wrote on Twitter in reaction to the leftist uproar. “These references are not only meritless, but dangerous. There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it- and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage -and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music- this one goes too far.”
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