Cody Johnson’s Message Of Unity Goes Viral In Wake Of Charlie Kirk’s Murder: “No Matter How Much We Disagree… It’s OKAY To Disagree In This Country”

A concert speech that hits harder than ever before.

Cody Johnson has never been afraid to use his platform to speak about faith, family, or to unite those at his concerts. Most nights that Johnson takes the stage, he feels called to take a few minutes out of his concerts to preach to his fans. These messages are meant to honor veterans and first responders while simultaneously making a plea for unity, given the divisive state of our nation. And after times of tragedy, these speeches make fans feel as though Johnson is taking them to church.

Country fans are resurfacing a recent speech from Johnson that he delivered at the end of August while performing at the Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in Ridgedale, Missouri. While the video was posted the day after the concert, it resurfaced on TikTok with many fans relating it to the senseless murder of conservative media personality Charlie Kirk.

I’m sure by now, we have all seen the heartbreaking news that Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University. Kirk was the founder of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization that advocates for conservative politics on high school, college, and university campuses. Kirk would often host speaking engagements on college campuses, where students could come and discuss various political and spiritual topics and issues with Charlie. He was a devoted father and husband, a Christian and a patriot, who believed that talking things out was the only way to avoid violence in our society.

With the heaviness in the air, many folks are turning to music to help them process their emotions, and some are turning to the uniting messages of Cody Johnson. Ironically, the speech that Johnson felt called to deliver this night in Missouri, he spoke heavily on the idea that it’s okay to disagree, which was a huge cornerstone of Kirk’s platform.

Johnson shared with fans that he felt like 2020 was a huge year in which everything became “side” related in our nation.

“In 2020, I really started to pay attention to a lot of things that I never paid attention to in my life. But since the year 2020, I have noticed that the narrative on most social media and most news outlets has been division. Meaning this: So, like, if there is a law passed and you voted for that law, and you didn’t, that means that you guys are now on opposite sides. Y’all are supposed to hate each other, right?

If there is something on the news or social media that has to do with religion, your political party, or race, or anything… gender, anything like that. That means that if you don’t agree with her, that means you guys are supposed to hate each other. That’s the narrative that I’ve seen in the last five years.”

Johnson then gets into the focal point of his preaching, which fires up fans, making them feel united as one nation.

“I’ve got something to say tonight that I want to take home with you. I appreciate you coming to listen to music, but I feel like it’s my responsibility with the microphone to preach some kind of positivity into this nation every single night. I don’t care where you come from, I don’t care what your background was, and how you were raised, what color you are, how much money you have, how much money you don’t have. I don’t care who you vote for, I don’t care where you go to church.

Let me tell you something, ladies and gentlemen, when you boil us all down in this country, I think we oughta start treating each other like this: No matter how much we disagree, we should say it’s OKAY to disagree in this country. Do you know why it’s okay to disagree about things in this country, and why you should try to understand your fellow man and your fellow woman in this country? Because before most of us were born, a United States soldier bought our freedom with his life or her life for us to have the freedoms in this country.

There are three things we all have in common. Those things are very simple, you ready? Red, white, and blue!

Amen to that.

@surereehartgrave Everyone needs to attend a Cody Johnson concert!!! Let’s love everybody and unite @Cody Johnson #loveeveryone #cojonation ♬ original sound – surereehartgrave

Cody Johnson’s message from this night is one that we can all carry in our hearts each and every day. Our continued thoughts and prayers go out to Charlie Kirk’s family and friends, and also those affected by the shooting at Evergreen High School.

While you’re here, fire up Cody Johnson’s “By Your Grace.”

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