“They tried”: Country singer Jason Aldean is mocked for dedicating his hit to Trump

Country rock singer and Donald Trump supporter Jason Aldean is best known for his 2023 hit “Try That in a Small Town,” in which he criticizes U.S. cities for their crime rates and argues that such behavior will not be tolerated in America’s rural areas and small towns.

Following the assassination attempt that former President Donald Trump survived in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon, July 13, Aldean dedicated his song to the likely 2024 Republican presidential nominee.

But the singer is being mocked by social media users who point out that Butler is a small town and Trump, a New York native, grew up in the largest city in the United States.

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On X, formerly Twitter, television writer Brenden Gallagher posted: “Very funny rhetorically, because a guy from a small town shot him, a guy from the big city, and that’s exactly the threat that the song describes.”

Gospel of Pop tweeted: “But they have it in one – whatever.”

Screenwriter Barbara Marshall posted: “Isn’t Jason Aldean the bloated pork chop who ran off the stage without warning his fans that there was a shooter at one of his concerts?”

Butler is about 40 miles from Pittsburgh.

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