just not seeing this in small town usa. i think somebody s going to knit pick everything. nitpick. i think the song is about community, and it s about promoting taking care of your neighbor, and it s not about anything that has to do with race. it has to do with making sure you and your neighbors are healthy and fine. reporter: aldean fired back at critics this week saying they have gone too far, and his song has nothing to do with race or encouraging violence. and last night at his show in cincinnati which was his first performance since this all blew up, he told the crowd it s been a long week and then said what i am is a proud american. i love our country, i want to see it restored to what it once was before all this stuff started happening to us. now, his song try that in a small town came out two months ago. the music video came out just about a week ago, and in that time despite all of the
criticism and cmt taking it off the airwaves, it now has more than 10 million views on youtube, and it has been topping the charts on the itunes playlist all week. give? griff: are there any protesters protesters that you ve seen out there? reporter: no. we have not seen any out here. one woman we spoke to i mentioned to you earlier, she said as far as the reception that jason aldean will have, we re in the middle of a giant cornfield in rural wisconsin, so i think t going to be pretty positive, is what she said. griff: garrett tenney live at the show in wisconsin, thank you very much. you know, iowa liberty that shah, fascinating, this story strikes me because the cmt canceled it. i mean, this country music this is the country music folkses. you would think of all people when jason aldean writes a a song that basically says you want to riot9 and carjack and burn flags, don t do that, i don t recommend you do that if you come to my small town, and
so, yeah, it matters especially as a political matter. remember, the only constitutional requirement to be president of the united states is to be 35 years or older and to be a natural born citizen. period. so he s constitutionally eligible to be president regardless of whether he s indicted, convicted or sitting in prison. alicia: he s going to have some serious challenger gymnastics next year, that s for sure. culley stimson, thank you so much. thank you. griff: country music singer jason aldean set to take the stage tonight at the country thunder music festival as debate over the music video for his song try that in a small town rages on. garrett tenney is live in twin lakes, wisconsin, with the very latest on this controversy and the band s about to get rocking and rolling. garrett? reporter: hey, griff, good afternoon to you. yeah, most of the folks that we ve spoken to here at this country music festival, the fans are surprised that this song and this video have really turn