John Rich Calls In A Favor From President Donald Trump To Stop The TVA From Building A Facility In His Home County

One of the perks of having the POTUS on speed dial. Country music artist John Rich isn’t afraid to say what’s on his mind. He’s actually been very outspoken about his politics in recent years, and in a way, it’s helped grow his fanbase up a bit. The one half of Big & Rich and the founder of Redneck Riviera consistently takes his thoughts to social media, and the latest fight that he’s fighting has been against the Tennessee Valley […] The post John Rich Calls In A Favor From President Donald Trump To Stop The TVA From Building A Facility In His Home County first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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John Rich Calls In A Favor From President Donald Trump To Stop The TVA From Building A Facility In His Home County
John Rich Calls In A Favor From President Donald Trump To Stop The TVA From Building A Facility In His Home County

One of the perks of having the POTUS on speed dial.

Country music artist John Rich isn’t afraid to say what’s on his mind. He’s actually been very outspoken about his politics in recent years, and in a way, it’s helped grow his fanbase up a bit. The one half of Big & Rich and the founder of Redneck Riviera consistently takes his thoughts to social media, and the latest fight that he’s fighting has been against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

The TVA was apparently looking into building a generation facility in Cheatham County, Tennessee, which Rich considers to be his home county. He became angered when he learned that the government organization was trying to take away vast amounts of farmland – and even homes – from residents in Cheatham County for their project.

That was until the TVA announced a few days ago that they were abandoning a location in Cheatham County, Tennessee as an option for their new facility:

“Based on feedback in response to our scoping process and at Board listening sessions, as well as input from the TVA Board of Directors, the Lockertsville Road site in Cheatham County, TN, is no longer the preferred alternative for a proposed 900 MW generation facility.

With input from community leaders, we are evaluating a site at a nearby industrial park as well as other Middle Tennessee sites that will support economic development and address the increasing power demand across the system. We remain committed to delivering reliable, low-cost electricity to power the region’s continued growth.”

By “input from community leaders,” they mean getting an earful from John Rich and President Donald Trump.

The 51-year-old country music artist has been butting heads with the TVA for weeks, and he was ultimately overjoyed when he found out that the TVA was backing off the Cheatham County, and posted a video message to X (formerly Twitter) saying:

“Anybody that has been following me for the past several weeks, you’ve gotten pretty educated on what’s been going on there. The TVA was about to destroy several thousand acres of farmland, hundreds of homes, school districts, water supplies… just a total disaster (of a plan).”

Rich explained that Cheatham County is where he went to high school, and had many other family members put their roots down. He was distraught when he saw that TVA agents were allegedly trespassing on the property of Tennesseans, and cited that Americans have a 4th amendment right that should protect them from such.

And John Rich also took a moment to thank President Trump and Secretary Brooke Rollins for helping him… let’s just say “encourage” the TVA to move on from Cheatham County:

“Right now I’d like to thank the President of the United States, Donald Trump, for weighing in on this situation. I’d like to thank Secretary Brooke Rollins with the Department of Agriculture for weighing in on this situation. They joined forces with me and all the residents of Cheatham County, and as of today, TVA announces they are pulling out…

This is just the beginning of what I hope turns into a complete revamping of the TVA. There should be new protocols put into place for how they have to behave. They should have to deal with zoning laws like every other energy company does.”

Rich made sure to point out that, in his opinion, the TVA didn’t pull out because they are good people, or because it was the right thing to do. He insists that they pulled out under threat, because they were “afraid that President Trump is gonna fire every member on that board.” Though other states and other areas of Tennessee are now under the same threat, John Rich called it a victory, and promised his followers that they’d hear more from him about the TVA… in a new song that’ll be released soon:

“In the coming weeks, you are going to see national interviews. You are going to see a song from me that I wrote called ‘The Devil in the TVA.’ Wait until you hear this one.”

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