Country Singer Goes Viral Criticizing Christians ‘Who Laugh When Families Are Torn Apart’
Pocharapon Neammanee
Updated Thu, October 16
A country singer’s tirade against President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda and ICE has gone viral and quickly earned him new fans after he called out the hypocrisy of the president’s Christian supporters.
“You don’t get to call yourself a Christian and then advocate and fucking laugh when families are torn apart outside of courthouses, when people [are] trying to come here the right ways,” singer Bryan Andrews told his over 500,000 followers on Instagram last week in a self-described “crash out.”
Andrews posted a series of videos on TikTok speaking out against Trump’s immigration agenda while promoting his new single, “The Older I Get.” His speech has since gone viral across multiple social media platforms.
Andrews joins fellow country singer Zach Bryan in using his platform to criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“You don’t get to call yourself a Christian, and then think it’s OK that the highest court in the fucking land just gave a green light to ICE agents to be able to fucking target people because they are brown or speaking Spanish,” Andrews said in his video.
ICE has come under heightened scrutiny amid Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown in his second term. Earlier this month, residents of a Chicago apartment building described a harrowing raid that involved children being dragged out of their homes in the middle of the night without clothes. Last month, the Supreme Court effectively rubber-stamped racial profiling by ICE in Los Angeles.
Despite public backlash, the Trump administration continues to flaunt its authority online, including in bizarre social media posts.
Andrews told his followers that it makes him “sick” to be lumped in with MAGA supporters who identify themselves as Christians.
“You are not Christian. You use Christianity as a shield to hide behind when you need to justify the hate that you have scolded into this world,” he continued.
The country singer’s rant and music were met with support from many online.
“THIS is the energy, compassion and anger we all need to have right now!” one TikTok comment with over 30 thousand likes read.
“You crushed the lies of this administration and the Anti-Christian movement that supports it. Your song is fucking great and it’s part of a long line of other artists who have used their music to stand up for the values of this nation,” actor Mark Ruffalo commented on Instagram.
“I admire your values and your courage. But it’s a lot easer to have courage when are standing with the TRUTH and it’s right there next to you. You are leading the way,” the “Task” star continued.
“Country music finally finding its protest voice again.. been a long road since Johnny Cash,” a user on X wrote after the popular account Pop Crave shared the video.
“You got a new supporter, my friend. We need more rage like this from men,” another comment on Instagram with over 30 thousand likes read.
“When you’re laying in bed at night and you’re scrolling on your phone, and you see the same videos that I see, do you not think to yourself, ‘Damn, there’s got to be a better way that we can fucking do this?’” Andrews said. “Have we really become this numb to treating human fucking beings like this?”
Country singer Zach Bryan denounced any assumptions about his political affiliation Tuesday after throwing MAGA conservatives into a meltdown over anti-ICE lyrics featured in a snippet of his upcoming song, claiming he’s “neither of these radical sides.”
“And ICE is gonna come, bust down your door /Try to build a house no one builds no more /But I got a telephone /Kids are all scared and all alone,” Bryan sings in a clip captioned “the fading of red, white, and blue.”
Zach Bryan responds after his controversial song triggered MAGA with anti-ICE lyrics.
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The short snippet garnered praise from some who said he was bringing back “outlaw country” music with lyrics referring to cops as “cocky motherfuckers,” but right-wingers who support President Donald Trump slammed it.
Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, wrote on X that Bryan should “Stick to Pink Skies,” a reference to his 2024 hit.
Her department took another dig at the artist by posting a video montage set to his hit song “Revival.”
This was not the first time Bryan has found himself in opposition to MAGA rhetoric. He came out in full support for the transgender community in 2023 by condemning fellow country artist Travis Tritt, who at the time announced was removing all Anheuser-Busch products from his tour amid Bud Light’s collaboration with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
“I just think insulting transgender people is completely wrong because we live in a country where we can all just be who we want to be. It’s a great day to be alive I thought,” Bryan wrote in a now-deleted Tweet cited by People.
However, earlier this year Bryan shared a now-deleted photograph of him standing with the president and comedian Shane Gillis at the Super Bowl, country music magazine Holler reported.
The Grammy-award winning artist told his followers Tuesday he was not trying to make a partisan political statement with the song, writing in a statement posted in his Instagram story that the controversy shows “how divisive a narrative can be when shoved down our throats through social media.”
“This song is about how much I love this country and everyone in it more than anything,” Bryan wrote. “When you hear the rest of the song, you will understand the full context that hits on both sides of the aisle.”
Zach Bryan's response to the backlash over his new song.
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He went on to say people using the snippet “as a weapon” proves “how devastatingly divided we all are.” He added that the full song is about “all of us coming out of this divided space.”
“I wasn’t speaking as a politician or some greater-than-thou asshole, just a 29 year old man who is just as confused as everyone else,” Bryan said. “To see how much shit it stirred up makes me not only embarrassed but kind of scared.”
Bryan clarified that he is “on neither of these radical sides” and tells those disappointed in him he’s trying his “best too and we all say things that are misconstrued sometimes.”
In a follow-up post, Bryan said over the past few months he had “been scrutinized” by more people than he ever “thought possible.”
Instagram: @zachlanebryan
“I feel like I’ve tried my hardest in so many ways and it’s so hard to see where my bearings even are anymore,” Bryan wrote. “Been falling off a cliff while trying to grow wings at the same time.”
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He went on to say he is proud to serve in a country where its people “can all speak freely and converse amongst each other without getting doxxed or accosted on the internet or worse.”
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