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Country star Zach Bryan is facing conservative backlash after previewing lyrics from his new single, \u201cBad News,\u201d that appear to condemn U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n
In a short clip posted to Instagram, Bryan referenced ICE raids that left families traumatized, including a recent incident in Illinois where children were zip-tied<\/a>.<\/p>\n The hardline right didn’t appreciate the reference.<\/p>\n Bryan posted the clip<\/a> from “Bad News” on Friday, which many didn’t notice until the weekend was over. On Monday, his name started to trend on X as users either griped or cheered about the lyrics.<\/p>\n “I heard the cops came \/ Cocky motherf**kers ain’t they? \/ And ICE is gonna come, bust down your door \/ Try to build a house no one builds no more \/ But I’ve got a telephone \/ Kids are all scared and all alone.”<\/p>\n Despite the more explicit dig at the police, people are focusing most of their energy on the line about ICE. This might have something to do with a story that broke last weekend about a brutal ICE raid<\/a> in late September.<\/p>\n On the same day that Bryan posted the “Bad News” clip, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker ordered an investigation into this nighttime raid, citing disturbing details from witnesses. According to reports, ICE<\/a> agents broke down doors in an apartment building and detained terrified families, including children, ripping them from their beds.<\/p>\n In a Sunday celebrity.land interview, Pritzker said there were “elderly people being thrown into a U-Haul for three hours and detained” and “children who were zip-tied and held, some of them nearly naked.”<\/p>\n “Imagine an armed stranger forcibly removing you from your bed, zip-tying your hands, separating you from your family, and detaining you in a dark van for hours. This didn\u2019t happen in a country with an authoritarian regime\u2013it happened here in Chicago.\u201d<\/p>\n Many conservatives reserved their ire for the song and lashed out at Bryan online.<\/p>\n “ICE agents risk their lives daily. Violent leftists throw bricks at them, attack them, spit at them, even shoot at them,” claimed @Notwokenow<\/a>. “And this is the song he released.”<\/p>\n “Career over.”<\/p>\nBad news for right-wing country fans<\/h2>\n
Zach Bryan loses conservatives<\/h2>\n