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Polybius

(19,040 posts)
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:31 PM Jan 13

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

wnylib

(25,183 posts)
40. I considered adding some specific ill wishes for
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 09:52 PM
Jan 13

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?

hlthe2b

(107,650 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
Jan 13

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
Jan 13

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

spooky3

(36,853 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
Jan 13

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

(19,576 posts)
38. That's not fair.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 09:40 PM
Jan 13

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

hlthe2b

(107,650 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
Jan 13

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?"

 

endgenocide

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

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

Botany

(73,085 posts)
50. Bingo
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 02:57 AM
Jan 14

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

(5,841 posts)
14. My plan
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 04:03 PM
Jan 13

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

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

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

(6,625 posts)
22. Not a fan of country music, but she can go fuck herself.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 05:26 PM
Jan 13

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

BigMin28

(1,572 posts)
30. Hmm
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 06:46 PM
Jan 13

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

(3,137 posts)
36. I thought she was a pretty decent country singer...
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 09:31 PM
Jan 13

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

LudwigPastorius

(11,525 posts)
39. "...two of the president-elect's musical favorites"
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 09:50 PM
Jan 13

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.

bmichaelh

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

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.

Aristus

(68,987 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
Jan 14

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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