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Country music legend Lee Greenwood, best known for his inspiring song “God Bless the USA”,<\/u><\/a> came to the defense of singer Jason Aldean on Thursday during ongoing liberal backlash over his “Try That in a Small Town” music video.<\/p>\n

“I am a Jason Aldean fan.\u00a0He is the biggest patriot, like\u00a0a lot of us.\u00a0This has nothing to do with\u00a0racism,”\u00a0Greenwood said on “Jesse Watters Primetime.” “This is about people trying to\u00a0take away the freedom of\u00a0expression.\u00a0It is a great song, and I wish I\u00a0had it\u2026 I love Jason\u2019s approach.\u00a0He is a great artist and always\u00a0does the right thing.”<\/p>\n

COUNTRY SINGER JASON ALDEAN ANGERS LIBERAL ACTIVISTS WITH ANTI-CRIME, PRO-GUN SONG ABOUT 2020 RIOTS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Aldean recently released a video for the anti-crime, pro-gun song that included actual news clips of riots and looting in 2020. The song’s messaging asserts that small towns wouldn’t tolerate the kind of riots and lawlessness many cities across the country faced during the summer of 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After activists claimed it was “racist and violent” for Aldean to suggest lawlessness would not be tolerated in a small town and accused the country singer of releasing a “pro-lynching song,”\u00a0CMT pulled the music<\/u><\/a> video from circulation.<\/p>\n

Greenwood, a self-described “Bible-thumping, gun-toting Christian,<\/a>”\u00a0praised Aldean for representing the “small-town flavor” with his lyrics and urged the country artist to tune out the noise.<\/p>\n

“I am from a small town in\u00a0California and people cannot\u00a0take our freedom away because\u00a0people know everybody in a\u00a0small town and that is what the\u00a0heart of America is.\u00a0It’s rural America,” he said.<\/p>\n

DESANTIS DEFENDS JASON ALDEAN FROM MEDIA ATTACKS: \u2018NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

With lyrics warning violent criminals, as well as those who disrespect law enforcement and the American flag to “try that in a small town,” Aldean sings, “Yeah, ya think you’re tough? Well, try that in a small town, see how far ya make it down the road. Around here, we take care of our own, you cross that line, it won’t take long for you to find out, I recommend you don’t.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0The song’s tough stance on crime and pro-Second Amendment<\/u><\/a> messaging caused a public outcry among liberals online, but Greenwood said he is “grateful” for Aldean’s portrayal of the Second Amendment in the song.<\/p>\n

“When you\u00a0talk about guns and having them\u00a0in your home for defense, it is\u00a0not about an offensive weapon; It\u2019s about hunting, it’s about having the right\u00a0to have the gun and the people\u00a0on the other side of that, it is\u00a0the idiots that take to the\u00a0street and kill other people,”\u00a0he told Fox News host Jesse Watters. “And we are sympathetic of the people\u00a0who die. Our heart goes out to those\u00a0people who have been killed by\u00a0guns, but it is the people who\u00a0kill with the gun, not the gun\u00a0itself.\u00a0I am so sorry they put the\u00a0Second Amendment first when they\u00a0see a tragedy like that.\u00a0I am grateful for Jason Aldean\u00a0and what he is about\u00a0to do.”<\/p>\n

Variety claimed that the singer was behind the most vile song of this decade, writing, “Jason Aldean Already Had the Most Contemptible Country Song of the Decade. The Video Is Worse.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

CNN called Aldean’s song “controversial” in another headline on Wednesday, a day before “The View” hosts said they found the song’s message “deplorable” on-air.<\/p>\n

Despite the backlash, Aldean’s hit reached No. 1<\/u><\/a> on iTunes on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Greenwood said the public shouldn’t allow political or cultural wars to misrepresent the country star’s lyrics and intended message.<\/p>\n

“Let\u2019s not get entangled about\u00a0what the song says.\u00a0Because it doesn\u2019t say anything except\u00a0for the fact that we take care\u00a0of each other in a small town. That\u2019s all,” he asserted.<\/p>\n

Aldean pushed back on claims that the song has racial undertones or was in any intended to be racist in messages posted to Instagram and Twitter.<\/p>\n

“There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it- and there isn\u2019t a single video clip that isn\u2019t 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,” he wrote. “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 shared with his nearly 8 million fans across social media.<\/p>\n

“These references are not only meritless, but dangerous.”<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

Fox News’ Jeffrey Clark contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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