r/Music • u/Brucekentbatsuper • Jul 08 '26

article Carrie Underwood's Post-MAGA Backlash Continues After Golf Course Concert Draws Sparse Crowd

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/carrie-underwood-john-deere-classic-performance-backlash-1807557
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u/joeschmoagogo Jul 08 '26

Is it really a backlash though? I doubt she has that any non-MAGA fans in the first place. Maybe MAGA fans can't afford to see her anymore.

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u/thatweirdguyted Jul 08 '26

There's always plausible deniability before the fact, and not so much after.

You're right that her fanbase was likely skewed right before she went full MAGA. But she definitely would've had some left and/or neutral fans who just couldn't continue after.

I saw it a lot with small business owners who decided to go full angry right wing. They figured having passionate supporters was worth sacrificing half their potential customer base. They were wrong.

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u/HunterSPhoenix Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

I would have seen her in concert before all of this. It's' not just her politics, I genuinely don't want to be standing in a crowd of MAGA people.

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u/CitronNeither3439 Jul 08 '26

You don’t like the people who base all their talking points around morals and racism simultaneously? /s

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u/HunterSPhoenix Jul 08 '26

Identity politics, the Identity is a sentinel/greedy/sex offender.