A country singer is clarifying his stance after fans accused him of going woke. Charley Crockett recently posted a lengthy rant taking down President Donald Trump. Crockett highlighted several issues and hypocrisies that he saw with the current administration and its base.
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Now, Crockett is saying he "straight up doesn't like or trust the government."
The country singer further explained, "My family, we fought the U.S. government for a long time. We were persecuted by the American government through two different administrations, both a republican and a democratic administration. So what I'd like to say is... I don't dislike the government when this party's in power or like it when this party's in power. I just straight up don't like or trust the government."
The country singer dismissed criticism that he was woke or liberal. Instead, he said he takes a hard centralistic stance. He condemned the two party system in America as being dishonest.
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He explained, "I'm not on the left. I'm not on the right. I'm on the road. And that's a hard way to go. There's no real left in corporate America. Only the party of the dollar with two right wings. The last president who stood up to the military industrial complex lost his life on the streets of Dallas in 1963."
He also said, "Not one single president has been elected outside the two party system in our entire 250 year history. A politician is somebody who collects votes from the poor and accepts money from the rich, promising both protection from the other. They're dishonest by design. Fenced in, sold off, plate out."
This is far from the only statement that Crockett has made about American politics. He previously condemned Trump calling him a cosplay president. Crockett posted a lengthy rant supporting Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl Halftime Show after the gig turned political.
Trump and many conservatives condemned the Super Bowl for picking Bad Bunny as a performer. In his criticism, Crockett said, "The country music establishment should be taking notes on a Puerto Rican American who hasn't forgotten his heritage and brought his culture's traditional music back to the front, showing the world something new with it."
