Country music stars and their fans were quick to express their support for former President Donald Trump over the weekend, some just hours after he was shot during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
Luke Bryan paused his concert in Cincinnati on Saturday night to talk about the images of Trump with blood on his face and a raised fist, and the crowd went wild.
In a video that surfaced on X, the 47-year-old spoke to the crowd hours after the former president had been shot in the ear during his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“Trump survived an assassination attempt!” Bryan said, as the crowd started chanting, “USA, USA.”
“Have you all seen the pictures?” the singer added, as the chants got louder and louder. “It was a crazy day.”
Luke Bryan: Trump survived an assassination attempt!
Crowd Roars with applause pic.twitter.com/zR3PKQjb4i
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The “Buy Dirt” hitmaker wasn’t the only country singer who talked about the attempted assassination of the former president over the weekend.
Singer Cody Johnson spoke to his crowd in Chicago less than an hour after Trump was shot.
“The fact that any American citizen would think what they did today would solve a problem in this country is absolutely disgusting,” Johnson said, as the crowd cheered.
“You wanna solve a problem in this country on Election Day? Go in there and vote for who you want. You know why?” he added. “Before you were born, an American soldier died for you to have the right to disagree with somebody else in this country.”
“I’m tired of the hatred. I’m tired of the division,” Johnson continued. “I’m tired of people talking about Trump and Biden. Let me tell you something. There’s people in this crowd that agree with Trump. There’s people in this crowd that agree with Biden. Guess what. That is your God-given American right to believe whatever you want. That right was bought with sacrifice. Sacrifice from a dead police officer. Sacrifice from a dead firefighter. A dead soldier that went over and said, you know what, I’m gonna die for something bigger.”
He closed out his message making it clear he didn’t “give a damn who you vote for” or “about what’s on the news.”
“There’s only three things I give a damn about tonight. You listening to me? They are red, white and blue,” Johnson said, as the crowd roared “USA, USA,” Taste of Country noted.
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