As much of the country geared up for this year’s Super Bowl on Sunday (Feb. 8), Americana-country singer-songwriter Charley Crockett offered up his support for Bad Bunny‘s Super Bowl halftime show performance, and took aim against Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, President Donald Trump and the “country music establishment” in an Instagram post.
“They keep saying I’m a cosplay cowboy but they love a cosplay president,” Crockett wrote on Instagram. “Some folks have been on here calling Muhammad Ali a draft dodger when yall got one in the White House. When I was at the Grammys the other night I saw a guy get up and talk about Jesus, and then I saw Bad Bunny get up there and talk like Jesus. The country music establishment should be taking notes on a Puerto Rican American who hasn’t forgotten his heritage and brought his culture’s traditional music back to the front, showing the world something new with it. The President is a grifter who bankrupted 6 casinos. That’s pretty extraordinary considering it’s a rigged business in favor of the house. The only thing he’s good at is filing lawsuits and portraying a successful business man as a reality TV actor. Last time I checked Elon Musk was an immigrant from South Africa but there he is standing in the White House buying our elections. Let’s deport his a– and send Peter Thiel back with him since they both openly believe in a post democratic society where men of their class are above the law.”
Crockett continued, “Forgive me if I have a problem with a 34 time convicted felon running this country when I lost the right to vote or own a weapon for years over marijuana. As long as you’re hating the oppressed and loving your oppressor you’ll never know why our generation is poorer than our parents and grandparents. As a great man once said it’s welfare for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor. If you can sleep at night licking their boots that’s between you and yours, but that type of thinking isn’t freedom. It’s mental slavery. Every single right we have as a people wasn’t handed to us. We had to fight and take it.”
Crockett ended by writing, “Judge a man by how he treats the poor and those who he views as being able to do nothing for him. Don’t forget why Muhammad Ali said ‘I am America.’ Remember the coal miners of Harlan County, Kentucky. I believe in what we can be. Ride on.”
Last year, Crockett signed with Island Records, releasing his first album via the label, Lonesome Drifter, in March 2025. At the 2025 Americana Music Awards, Lonesome Drifter was nominated for album of the year, while Crockett was nominated for artist of the year.
To date, Crockett has earned two Grammy Grammy nominations, including best traditional country album (for A Dollar a Day) and best Americana album (for $10 Cowboy). This year, he will headline the Music City Rodeo, alongside Miranda Lambert and Jon Pardi.
