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For an awkward 1 minute 50 seconds, Carrie Underwood and the rest of America waited for the music to play at the inauguration. It started for a moment, then stopped. And it didn't come back. The sound technician apologetically came up to Carrie and said something. She responded, "Let's sing."
Carrie asked the crowd to back her up and proceeded to belt out a beautiful a capella rendition of "America the Beautiful." You could hear the crowd joining in.
Under Biden, a DEI-selected singer wouldn't have known her words or had the pipes to sing without music. The sound system might even have burst into flame. But Carrie improvised and called on all of America to join her in praising America and imploring God's blessing on our country. With Trump in charge, it's a new era.
Carrie Underwood leading the crowd in a capella beauty turned out to be the best.
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That was the performance of a real pro.
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A week ago I read that some of her fans -- or at least people claiming to be her fans -- said they were done with Carrie Underwood for performing at Trump's inauguration. It never occurred to me that I should stop liking Fleetwood Mac when they played for Bill Clinton, or that I should stop liking Willie Nelson when I found out that years earlier, he had hung out with Jimmy Carter in the White House.
Does it mark me as being very old, that I remember when it was an honor to play for the president, regardless of whether or not you endorsed him?
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Remember when we used to sing the National Anthem at ball games, instead of listening to somebody else sing it?
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She did great in an unexpected situation.
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I think the song is better a capella anyway.
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