Audiences may have only just learned about a fast-rising country singer during the Republican debate Wednesday night. But 'Rich Men North of Richmond' also has ties to extremist narratives.
Jared Holt is a senior researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. He said this isn't new: political movements, including extremist ones, have always understood the power of cultural artifacts like music or movies in normalizing their ideas.
"If these far-right figures are successful in associating themselves directly with this song," Holt says,"it could potentially open up a wider audience that they might normally not have access to." Meanwhile, Anthony has benefited from some remarkable signal boost. While the video for"Rich Men North of Richmond" was posted online just two weeks after the work of a nearly anonymous fellow — within days, commentators like Joe Rogan, Laura Ingraham and Matt Walsh were praising him publicly.Natalie Weiner is a journalist who specializes in country music.
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