Viral Country Singer Oliver Anthony: ‘It’s Aggravating Seeing People on Conservative News Try to Identify with Me Like I’m One of Them’

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ANTHONY: “The one thing that has bothered me is seeing people wrap politics up into this. I’m disappointed to see — like, it’s aggravating seeing people on conservative news try to identify with me like I’m one of them. It’s aggravating seeing certain musicians and politicians act like we’re buddies and act like we’re fighting the same struggle here. Like it was trying to present the same message. It was funny seeing my song in the — it was fun — it was funny seeing it at the presidential debate. Because it’s like, I wrote that song about those people.”