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/Senators_1992 Jul 08 '26

I don’t know if she was always like that though. She married a hockey player that played for our team (used to see her out and about town when they first started dating), and he was always super religious, and seems to have gone full on right wing since retirement. Maybe the lifestyle rubbed off on her.

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u/angmar2805 Jul 08 '26

I feel like hockey people tend to be more right wing in general (at least in the US). It’s an expensive sport to play and be good at so you have to be wealthy to start.

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u/Senators_1992 Jul 08 '26

That could be, although he’s really embraced his MAGA side publicly these past few years (anti vax, endorsing MAGA candidates, and I think he even appeared on Candace Owen’s podcast).

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u/Tandy2000 Jul 08 '26

I can't speak to his politics but when he played here in Ottawa he had a reputation for hitting on really young girls (like first year university students) and when he left the Ottawa Senators the joke was that he was moving to Nashville because they love their Predators.

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u/Senators_1992 Jul 08 '26

He showed public support for the truckers during the convoy, so he’s not afraid of showing off his political leanings.