So much for the tolerant left, eh?
We’re now less than a week away from the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States, and yesterday we got a look at what the inaugural ceremonies are going to look like.
Trump will hold a victory rally the night before the inauguration, which will feature entertainment from Kid Rock, Billy Ray Cyrus and the Village People. And after he’s sworn in, Trump will attend three separate inaugural balls, featuring performances from Jason Aldean and Rascal Flatts. (Sounds like a good reason for JD Vance to skip out and watch his alma mater, Ohio State, play for a national championship).
But the one that’s getting the most attention is the announcement that Carrie Underwood will be performing “America the Beautiful” during the inauguration ceremony, immediately before Trump is sworn in as president.
While Carrie has never been particularly outspoken on politics in the past, she has at times signalled that she leaned right, like when she liked a post from conservative commentator Matt Walsh opposing mask mandates in schools.
She’s also been outspoken about her faith, even leading the worship at her home church near Nashville, so it’s not particularly surprising that the American Idol winner would be a Republican or that she would support Donald Trump.
But apparently, some people just can’t handle the idea that an entertainer has different political views than they do.
Immediately after the announcement, the reaction online ranged from many who supported Carrie’s decision to perform at the inauguration (including John Rich, who said that she was making artists who were afraid to publicly support Trump look like “sissy boys”) to outrage that Carrie would support Trump.
Now, to be clear, the singer has never endorsed a political candidate or even revealed who she voted for. But the mere sin of performing at Trump’s inauguration is apparently too much for some people to handle:
Carrie Underwood Jesus is about to take the wheel and drive your career right into the toilet. pic.twitter.com/CxwsXczG70
— Sarah Larchmont (@SarahLarchmont) January 14, 2025
Carrie Underwood is preforming at Trump’s inauguration so I’m blocking her on all apps and boycotting all her music. 😡 pic.twitter.com/bkZuNNeil4
— Suzie rizzio (@Suzierizzo1) January 13, 2025
How will she ever recover?
Well Carrie was recently announced as a judge on the upcoming season of American Idol, and angry trolls have decided to flood the comments of the singing competition on Instagram, vowing to never watch the show again and calling on the show to fire her as a judge, while questioning their decision to bring her on in the first place – despite the fact that she’s one of their most famous and successful alumni:
“Not watching anything with Trump loving Carrie Underwood”
“NO MORE IDOL. Underwood. She supports a Felon who sexually assaults women. You should be embarrassed you employ her Idol.”
“I haven’t missed one American Idol series but this year I will. Katy was great. She cared about people and the world. Carrie Underwood only cares about herself and how she looks. Katy will be missed!”
“Always watched the show until one of you chose to support this administration – it was a lot of years, but I’m done.”
“She’s singing for the Antichrist? Nope. I’m sitting this season out”
“Not watching. Big mistake hiring Carrie Underwood”
“Sorry, won’t be watching…blame the felon lover…”
“Just heard the news about her singing at the Trump inauguration. We will no longer be watching American Idol.”
“Nope!!! Insurrection Barbie should be FIRED!!!!”
“Fire Carrie! You just lost a long time fan!! She just made this political and that should be grounds for termination.”
“No way! Not watching as long as Carrie Underwood is a judge.”
“I cant watch now, can’t support a supporter of your dictator”
“Did you guys know she was a Trump supporter before you hired her? With the shows diversity how will you know she’s judging fairly?”
“I’d personally like to thank Carrie Underwood for making my decision to never watch or support American Idol or her again very easy. Girl, bye!!!”
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCP0bKApxNl/
Now, a couple of things here:
First of all, I thought Brittany Aldean was “Insurrection Barbie?” Are there more than one? I can’t keep up at this point.
Second, it seems like all these people stopped watching Idol a long time ago anyway. The last season had the lowest ratings in the show’s history, so I have a hard time believing that all these people are tuning in regularly anyway.
And if I had to guess, Carrie’s fellow judge Luke Bryan probably voted the same way Carrie did – though he’s never spoken publicly about it, so there’s no way to know for sure. Is it only a problem because she’s performing at the inauguration? Because neither Luke nor Carrie have ever confirmed who they supported or voted for. The only thing we know is that she’s performing “America the Beautiful” at the ceremony.
I have a feeling Carrie isn’t too bothered by the whole thing – and in fact, she released a statement yesterday saying she was “honored” to perform for her country:
“I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event.
I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future.”
I think Carrie’s going to be just fine. (American Idol, on the other hand, was already a sinking ship long before she came on as a judge anyway).
Me, waiting for the libz to absolutely lose its shit on Carrie Underwood pic.twitter.com/UKcOPMNK2y
— Rob (@RGK0824) January 13, 2025
