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The Grand Illuminist

(1,939 posts) Wed Oct 8, 2025, 05:18 PM Oct 8

Country Star Says He's 'Embarrassed And Scared' By Response To Song That Triggered MAGA [View all]

Source: Huffington Post

Country singer Zach Bryan denounced any assumptions about his political affiliation Tuesday after throwing MAGA conservatives into a meltdown over anti-ICE lyrics featured in a snippet of his upcoming song, claiming he’s “neither of these radical sides.”

“And ICE is gonna come, bust down your door /Try to build a house no one builds no more /But I got a telephone /Kids are all scared and all alone,” Bryan sings in a clip captioned “the fading of red, white, and blue.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zach-bryan-responds-song-maga-backlash_n_68e68e5ae4b0d98d3e531940

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Country Star Says He's 'Embarrassed And Scared' By Response To Song That Triggered MAGA [View all] The Grand Illuminist Oct 8 OP

Is Lee Greenwood still 'Proud to be an American"? Blue Owl Oct 8 #1

Theme song of the cult? I bet he is, if he's still around. paleotn Oct 8 #2

He's proud his speech is no longer free Blue Owl Oct 8 #3

The price of serving two masters. The Grand Illuminist Oct 8 #4

I absolutely hate that song because it is fake kimbutgar Oct 8 #8

Greenwood also apparently wrote "Proud to be Canadian," didn't he? Beartracks Oct 8 #11

Yup -- a total sellout, doesn't matter if the dollars are Canadian or U.S. Blue Owl Oct 9 #15

Right? The checks cash just the same. Beartracks Oct 9 #16

Disappointed! maspaha Oct 8 #5

we're such terrible extremists, fighting for generations to... expand healthcare access thebigidea Oct 8 #6

Next time, Zach, write the song, but sell it to someone else to sing if you don't want your life threatened AZJonnie Oct 8 #7

You beat me to it. I was going to say, man up dude. flashman13 Oct 8 #9

Oh, little Zach... GenThePerservering Oct 8 #10

Least surprising walk back in history. 617Blue Oct 9 #12

So the Maganazis now dictate what songs can be written and sung? hadEnuf Oct 9 #13

Gonna take much more than that. The Grand Illuminist Oct 9 #14

I hope Zach is embarrassed about the awful posts about him. And not embarrassed about his own song. Clouds Passing Oct 9 #17