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Polybius

(18,703 posts)
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:31 PM Monday

Country star Carrie Underwood will perform at Trump's inauguration

Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform “America the Beautiful” at Donald Trump’s inauguration next week and other performers will include two of the president-elect’s musical favorites, country singer Lee Greenwood and opera singer Christopher Macchio.

Underwood, who launched her career on “American Idol,” is to perform shortly before Trump takes the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, according to a copy of the inaugural program provided to The Associated Press on Monday.

The pomp and spectacle that comes with the inauguration of a new president kicks off this weekend in Washington with a fireworks show at Trump’s golf club in Sterling, Virginia, a campaign-style rally in D.C., a visit to Arlington National Cemetery and glitzy dinners before the former president takes the oath to become the next president.

Trump’s second inauguration is expected to be a much different affair than the last time America got a new president. Trump, who refused to accept his 2020 loss, did not attend Democratic President Joe Biden’s swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol, where there were still visible reminders of the violent Jan. 6, 2021 siege on the building by Trump’s supporters.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-inauguration-carrie-underwood-christopher-macchio-greenwood-601d590dd45b7f9544d06843f7279784



Damn, I never knew she was a MAGA...
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Country star Carrie Underwood will perform at Trump's inauguration (Original Post) Polybius Monday OP
A good time to remember and celebrate MLK Day. wnylib Monday #1
... C0RI0LANUS Monday #23
I considered adding some specific ill wishes for wnylib Monday #40
Good point. If something happens to the orange sh#t-gibbon, the conspiracies about Dems will fly. C0RI0LANUS Monday #47
Yup. That's what I'll be doing. electric_blue68 Tuesday #59
Good thing we're not fans of Ms Underwood. N.t. Backseat Driver Monday #2
Carrie Underworld? BoRaGard Monday #3
... C0RI0LANUS Monday #24
Carrie visits the Underworld? BoRaGard Monday #29
I always hear it as COL Mustard Monday #32
Now we know where some of those millions raised for the inauguration are going . . . Journeyman Monday #4
I wonder what she will perform? Mike Nelson Monday #5
She can all put forth all kinds of justifications--but most (like me) will not accept doing this--nor forget. hlthe2b Monday #6
When she starts singing on Sunday Night Football hoosierspud Monday #7
I do too. If you close your eyes and imagine her as an average-looking (or less than) person, spooky3 Monday #20
That's not fair. JohnnyRingo Monday #38
Agreed she can't really sing no range at all endgenocide Monday #41
I never liked her singing. She always sounds like she's yelling at you. LaMouffette Monday #8
WOOT, an extra reason not to turn on the TV that day. Thank you for the heads up. FSogol Monday #9
I was planning to watch the NCAA National Championship game: Ohio State v Notre Dame BUT hlthe2b Monday #10
Maga take the wheel obamanut2012 Monday #11
Anybody else besides me, having trouble giving a shit? (nt) Paladin Monday #12
Underwood is dead to me. ZonkerHarris Monday #13
This PortTack Monday #15
I can't stand country music BonnieJW Monday #21
Carrie Underwood is not country music endgenocide Monday #42
Bingo Botany Tuesday #50
My plan snowybirdie Monday #14
you might want to watch Reagan Henry203 Monday #27
Kid Rock or Lil-Wayne weren't available? endgenocide Monday #16
Could not care less. Katinfl Monday #17
Dead to me now; hopefully to everyone else soon nt cactusfractal Monday #18
Just another rage-bait article that isn't LBN PSPS Monday #19
Not a fan of country music, but she can go fuck herself. AZ8theist Monday #22
Shame on her. ShazzieB Monday #25
Done with her. badhair77 Monday #26
Carry Who? dai13sy Monday #28
Hmm BigMin28 Monday #30
Message auto-removed Name removed Monday #31
Country music sure seems to have embraced MAGA erodriguez Monday #33
Gleeful Prairie Gates Monday #34
Carrie Underwood Singing at Inauguration DemoNerd Monday #35
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #55
I thought she was a pretty decent country singer... Trueblue Texan Monday #36
Who? niyad Monday #37
"...two of the president-elect's musical favorites" LudwigPastorius Monday #39
So he's going to use Arlington as political statement again? dflprincess Monday #43
So a game show winner will sing for a game show actor av8rdave Monday #44
Nice one! n/t mtngirl47 Tuesday #54
I guess it's a step above 3 Doors Down? Initech Monday #45
Not a fan of any of these singers bmichaelh Monday #46
Didn't like her before relayerbob Tuesday #48
I'll be on the edge of my seat! ...on the toilet. chouchou Tuesday #49
Unabashed white nationalist sings what? RockRaven Tuesday #51
Yuck claudette Tuesday #52
Well, bless her little cracker a$$. mnhtnbb Tuesday #53
Carrie Underwood Jesus is about to take the wheel and drive your career right into the toilet. LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #56
Part of the burgeoning "Only White People Should Sing Country-Western Music" movement. (nt) Paladin Tuesday #57
I saw a picture of her on another site. She has achieved peak Republican blond bimbo anonymity. Aristus Tuesday #58
This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote 16 hrs ago #60

wnylib

(25,064 posts)
40. I considered adding some specific ill wishes for
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 09:52 PM
Monday

the orange rapist as he celebrates, but then thought, "What if he actually did collapse or have some problem during his celebrations?" MAGAs are nutty enough to think that ill thoughts really can cause something to happen and who knows who reads DU besides us Dems?

C0RI0LANUS

(2,388 posts)
47. Good point. If something happens to the orange sh#t-gibbon, the conspiracies about Dems will fly.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 11:18 PM
Monday

hlthe2b

(107,227 posts)
6. She can all put forth all kinds of justifications--but most (like me) will not accept doing this--nor forget.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:55 PM
Monday

The line in the sand is clear. Performing for past run-of-the-mill Republicans would be one thing. Performing to support/enable/celebrate a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, corrupt grifter, and insurrectionist who wants nothing more than to deliver our once thriving democracy to Putin on a platter. NO. Unforgivable in my book.

hoosierspud

(178 posts)
7. When she starts singing on Sunday Night Football
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:58 PM
Monday

My husband and I scramble for the mute button. Her voice is like nails on a blackboard.

spooky3

(36,606 posts)
20. I do too. If you close your eyes and imagine her as an average-looking (or less than) person,
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:40 PM
Monday

You'd say she had zero chance of getting a recording or performing contract.

(That's the standard I apply when deciding if IMHO someone is talented - if they wouldn't make it without their looks, they aren't talented.)

JohnnyRingo

(19,499 posts)
38. That's not fair.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 09:40 PM
Monday

Unlike rock & roll, there are no homely people in modern country music. It's like a rule or something.

hlthe2b

(107,227 posts)
10. I was planning to watch the NCAA National Championship game: Ohio State v Notre Dame BUT
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 03:43 PM
Monday

now that Vance is suggesting he will find some way to attend, my general non-support/competitor disdain for Ohio State-- which would almost make me not want to watch-- has escalated. I will watch to root for Notre Dame (even though they defeated my beloved GA Dawgs) if I find out he will NOT be there. Otherwise, I guess I can turn off YouTube TV and all but a couple of streaming services early. No way in hell I want to see any of that ilk. I think my BP will spike to near-fatal levels if I hear the voice of TSF, MuSK, Vance, or any of those creeps.

My only question is what will George W. Bush* find to say about "American Carnage 2.0?"

BonnieJW

(2,644 posts)
21. I can't stand country music
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 05:15 PM
Monday

I hear that heavy southern accent and hear Comer, Kennedy and Tuberville

endgenocide

(136 posts)
42. Carrie Underwood is not country music
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 10:05 PM
Monday

I'm not sure what is but sure as hell ain't country. Listen to some George Jones, that's country.

Botany

(72,816 posts)
50. Bingo
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 02:57 AM
Tuesday

She has to know he is a crook or she is the dimmest light on God's Christmas TREE.

He stole money from kids with cancer and he stole the death benefits of spouses or families
of our troops for worthless "knowledge" on how to be a real estate mogul like Trump even though his own real estate and business enterprises lost money. $26 million pay back
for Trump University's victims..... Underwood has to know he is a shit.

DEAD TO ME NOW.

snowybirdie

(5,754 posts)
14. My plan
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:03 PM
Monday

is to binge watch every movie I can find about Notre Dame to get mentally ready for the big game that night. What inauguration?

Katinfl

(276 posts)
17. Could not care less.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:10 PM
Monday

Also read the Village People will perform. i will not have the TV on at all that day……except for maybe The Food Network or HGTV.

AZ8theist

(6,610 posts)
22. Not a fan of country music, but she can go fuck herself.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 05:26 PM
Monday

Anybody and everybody associated with the treasonous douchbag are part of the problem, not the solution.

BigMin28

(1,534 posts)
30. Hmm
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 06:46 PM
Monday

I wonder if she will screech out her version of How Great Thou Art to the TSF since he's a baby christian. I recently attended a memorial service where this was played. It was ear splitting.

Response to Polybius (Original post)

Trueblue Texan

(3,093 posts)
36. I thought she was a pretty decent country singer...
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 09:31 PM
Monday

...not that I was a fan of her music, but she is talented. But I wouldn't blow my nose on her now.

LudwigPastorius

(11,271 posts)
39. "...two of the president-elect's musical favorites"
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 09:50 PM
Monday

Trump doesn't give two shits about music. The same with art, humor, literature, animals, other people...

These acts were chosen for their Trump-friendliness, and that's all.

Initech

(102,838 posts)
45. I guess it's a step above 3 Doors Down?
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 11:15 PM
Monday

But it's a small step. Even more reason not to watch,

bmichaelh

(661 posts)
46. Not a fan of any of these singers
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 11:15 PM
Monday

Not a fan of any of these singers.

I will not be watching the inauguration either.

Marian Anderson at Eisenhower inauguration and Leontyne Price at Johnson inauguration were great opera singers.

Paladin

(29,100 posts)
57. Part of the burgeoning "Only White People Should Sing Country-Western Music" movement. (nt)
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 01:28 PM
Tuesday

Aristus

(68,789 posts)
58. I saw a picture of her on another site. She has achieved peak Republican blond bimbo anonymity.
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 04:43 PM
Tuesday

Big trout lips. Botox expressionlessness. She could be any one of the nondescript news mannequins you tend to see on FOX.

Funny. When Republicans change their outward appearance to match their inner self-image, that's okay. But when a trans-gender person does it, it's an extinction event.

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