05/31/2026
REP. TIM BURCHETT URGES TRUMP TO BRING IN JOHN RICH, KID ROCK, AND LEE GREENWOOD FOR AMERICA250 CONCERT AFTER HOLLYWOOD ARTISTS BAIL
Rep. Tim Burchett called on President Trump to replace the artists who bailed on the America250 celebration with real patriots from Nashville.
"Hey everybody. Hey Mr. President, Tim Burchett. I, like you, am a little ticked off and disappointed that some of these, I guess, so-called musicians have decided that they have some problem with celebrating our 250th anniversary of the founding of this great country. To think that patriotism is going to offend somebody. We all know that these New York or Los Angeles or Hollywood PR firms wrote these statements. It's pathetic. Anyway, what we ought to do is, my suggestion, would be get your friend and my friend John Rich, great musician, to lead it off. He's got some great patriotic tunes he's written and he sings and, I mean, it's just awesome. And let him emcee the dadgum thing and have all these folks come in. There's plenty of acts in Nashville, people that are trying to get on, you know, get on a big stage like this. This is the world stage, be the largest stage in the world. Everybody in the country will be watching this dadgum thing. And let some of those musicians get out and sing a few songs. All we'd have to do is pay for their dadgum airfare, most of them, just to get them up there, and they'd love it. And then of course have Kid Rock. Nobody's more patriotic in the rock and roll world than he is, and he's awesome. And then, I know you got his number. Heck, I've been with him when he's called you. And then the finale would be cool to have Lee Greenwood come out and sing. He's got a bunch of great songs, but of course the ending would be God Bless the USA, and have all the other acts come out and sing along with him. And maybe they could do a single verse, Kid Rock or John Rich or something could do one of the verses, and I think that would be awesome. Have all those great stars up on stage. And anyway, if y'all got any ideas of some groups that would, from your area, that would be willing to play, how about tagging them in this story and let's see if we can make this thing happen. So anyway, thank y'all so much for sending me here. Thank you, Mr. President."