Merle Haggard - America First

[@thestrengthline]

Never heard this song before until J. D. Vance came out to it in Michigan today. Instantly had to look it up.

[@xx_sanic_da_heg_hoge_xx420]

right, I just assumed it was written for the campaign or something. great tune, message is spot on. they don't make good country like this anymore

[@Durtdurdur]

Merle Haggard a legend

[@AlexNes2009]

LMFAO..me too🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cheefkeef8749]

Pretty crazy he was writing these lyrics 15 years ago

[@theyeticlutch3486]

​@cheefkeef8749 no what's crazy is its taking 15 years for people to wake up

[@removechan10298]

Here for Vance! GREAT SONG!

[@crs2385]

Thank you JD Vance for getting me into this song! Trump/Vance 2024

[@Mko8jfgjhfhjjhg]

@@crs2385 he's weird

[@kmagzzz7779]

This songs means a lot more now than it ever has before.

[@jaynewest5038]

Amen we are in serious trouble as a nation 😢

[@Kirksville_Boi]

FJB

[@southvaron757]

I'll second that FJB. I don't know much about which way Merle leaned, but it seems unlikely that he'd have had any problems with DJT using his songs at rallies, like some of these creeps from the entertainment community?

[@zippydooda]

​@@jaynewest5038not if we vote for Trump and get him into the White House again

[@ms79ta]

What a great time to hear this song all over again. 🇺🇲

[@georgepoirier9014]

VOTE TRUMP / VANCE 2024, AMERICA FIRST.

[@PhilipMarcYT]

JD Vance's Opening Song 😀 And a great one at that! America First!

[@greggdarby6610]

Nickers Rise Up!!

[@marvinburkholder8907]

This should be Nick's theme song.

[@doggopower6326]

1:15

[@Jerbt]

A shit you just made me say the n word

[@bastardwhoreson]

let's go000

[@TravisClan]

Can you say that lmfao that’s clever though.

[@Wildlife_SA.]

JD brought me here. I really like this Country song. 🎶🎧 Trump/Vance 2024! 💪🇺🇸🦅

[@charlotteadams4604]

Listen to Fighting Side of me by Merle

[@mattfehl3794]

You know this song is calling people like them our right?

[@georgepoirier9014]

Awesome song , vote TRUMP / VANCE 2024 !!!

[@InsightfulJourney123]

Same 😂❤

[@FearlessTommo]

Never heard of this song before until yesterday at the RNC! What a great and very fitting song! MAGA TrumpVance2024 🇺🇸

[@johncbest859]

I have. Merle is awesome!

[@marsdenmagara8600]

J D Vance brought me here all the way from Kenya❤

[@Siacourage]

Kenyans for Trump. Let's go.

[@AR-mb3id]

Make Kenya Great Again!

[@tonyc9460]

Based.

[@eurodiaz3712]

Shut up

[@Raughwe]

Merle is one HELL of a writer. Uses extremely plain language, but his meaning and thinking is extremely sophisticated.

[@jaylaw.7660]

💯💯💯‼️

[@elck3]

Just came here after watching JD Vance's speech at Butler PA on October 5th 2024 - 4:45pm!

[@maurinedavis1061]

Me too!!!❤

[@karenb724]

Me too !! Lol

[@bigmike-x4l]

Me to

[@vashtihill8010]

You and l both 😂

[@reneechavez9866]

Same!!!🇺🇸

[@badren9153]

Merle out here groyping in 2009

[@utube9000]

😆😂🤣

[@patriciamartineau7952]

He was saying it first- a patriot-put America first! This song says it all!

[@LarryBill-ei8kh]

l agree with you, indeed Toby Keith is a great and talented artist who's songs never goes out of style,he's one of my favorites artist, he's songs still and always heals the Soul, I pray God gives you lot of beautiful days

[@donnalkn6723]

We need this on the radio every single day!

[@larrybill2661]

l agree with you, indeed Merle Haggard is a great and talented artist who's songs never goes out of style,he's one of my favorites artist, he's songs still and always heals the Soul, I pray God gives you lot of beautiful days.

[@americancrow3004]

🤘🏻hell yes!

[@patriot-troubadour]

All of you folks that have never really listened to Haggard...check out his music...you'll love it.

[@adamcontreras1486]

Especially songs like Mama Tried, Silver Wings, The Good Ol Days When Times Were Bad, Misery & Gin, It's All In the Movies, and If I Could Only Fly. Absolute legend

[@patriot-troubadour]

@adamcontreras1486 : You got it brother. An absolute American treasure.

[@xx_sanic_da_heg_hoge_xx420]

thank you both. he was before my time (gen z) but I've always enjoyed this style of classic country, not so much the contemporary stuff that just feels like pop music. having fun digging through his catalog. thanks again gentlemen.

[@bills.1390]

Yep, Silver Wings is my fav !

[@labulldog5]

Why do people seem upset Merle is getting lots of attention post mordem? It does happen from time to time.

[@honkytonkdalton]

2024 we need too do this.Merle knew back then.

[@jimmace6148]

Merle was a liberal 😊

[@MichaelAlan95]

JD! JD! JD!

[@westpointsnell1935]

time to put America first

[@westpointsnell1935]

***** I wasn t in military...I was born in west point new horn,i just thought I d give myself the name,does that count?

[@felixwessel52]

time to the World first

[@May-zs7ft]

make America great again, i love United States ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@nedrabradley7837]

@@May-zs7ft America is great I've never found a place I wanted to leave to go to

[@May-zs7ft]

@@nedrabradley7837 yeah, i know

[@tobyflockin7868]

Americanism not globalism WILL BE OUR CREDO!!!! #nickernation

[@georgepoirier9014]

Vote J.D. VANCE !!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@jeremyc3911]

JD Vance brought me here. So happy he will be the next VP, bringing honour back into the position after the Cackling Hyena disgraced it the last 3 years

[@judyhurn7045]

OH SO TRUE!!!

[@kylegoodreau2170]

🇨🇦 stands with Trump/Vance 2024

[@BarbaraWall-kr8ko]

Merle Haggard, the best country muscian . He would be proud to hear this song at the RNC❤

[@yaya41778]

Trump/Vance 2024 Save America 🇺🇸 ❤

[@CharlesJones-bu5hk]

I loved seeing JD Vance enter that convention with that merl haggard tune!

[@jimmace6148]

JD Vance couldn't name a Merle Haggard song. And Merle was a liberal 😊

[@uyokudantai]

Any Nickers?

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

Get groyped.

[@shithead8094]

ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM

[@sambeck2510]

#GROYPED

[@doggopower6326]

LOOK AT 1:15

[@josepigroyper370]

Ya know it

[@aline36022]

Thank you, JD, for introducing me to this song with a beautiful singer 👍

[@Wewwers]

Why is the algorithm targeting Nickers with this video? Holy based. Wholly based.

[@robbenpardue5970]

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[@lethalfarm]

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[@corir1045]

Nickers?

[@revolverocelot8300]

@@corir1045 groypers

[@labulldog5]

We need trump back in yhe white house, NOW!

[@vintifada7115]

Wasn’t sure why exactly this was recommended and then I scrolled to the comments. Groypers are rising. America First!

[@fatnicker1078]

1:15

[@graamd]

o7

[@christiankalinkina239]

o7

[@CEN-Cali]

America First. How far we've fallen in 4 years

[@georgepoirier9014]

VOTE J.D.VANCE !❤❤❤❤

[@lessmith6848]

Merle was always a voice for the working man & woman of America. His voice is needed more now than ever. If we listen close enough, we might hear him from heaven. God bless Merle Haggard.

[@crfboy2943]

Agreed

[@jimmace6148]

Yes he was. He was a liberal democrat.

[@Aryo.77]

Heard this played at RNC God Bless Merle Haggard God Bless America time to put America first

[@hickbilly2706]

RIP Merle Haggard. You'llbe missed

[@ConservativeCE2]

One of the greatest to ever live.

[@thomasallen4340]

I'm here for good country music. Been a merle fan over 40 years

[@DJB66]

This song is further proof that Hag was way ahead of his time. I wish he were alive to see this.

[@juleestahl938]

In Rainbow Stew , he's talking about our great President. It should be included in the 2020 campaign.

[@kpopworld1465]

dont you call him hag its haggart

[@juleestahl938]

@@kpopworld1465 shows either how little you know about the man or you're attention hunting.

[@nedrabradley7837]

@@juleestahl938 x

[@nedrabradley7837]

@@kpopworld1465 his name is Merle Haggard

[@Forthisyankeenationidgadamn]

Dear 2024 viewer: we all know you heard this at the RNC, do ol' Merle a favor and listen to his entire Catalog, and prepare to have your mind blown. 💚✌️ 🤯

[@majojwmi]

I like some of us fly

[@Forthisyankeenationidgadamn]

Red Bandana & I'm A White Boy & Long Black Limousine & Honky Tonk Night Time Man & Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star ...

[@JustWatchingYoutubeForNow]

😂 Hard to find good country music now so we get it however we can.

[@anitaharris9095]

I have listened to Merle all of my life and somehow missed this song until I heard it played at the beginning of J D..Vances first speech after being chosen by Trump to be his running mate.

[@Forthisyankeenationidgadamn]

@@JustWatchingKZbinForNow first step to find country music is to turn off country radio stations.💯

[@willwailes9298]

Half of these comments are Nickers. Today is a glorious day. God bless you all.

[@barryd5362]

A true American who believed and said it the way it was through his music. Thank you for everything you gave us.

[@georgepoirier9014]

God blrssed us with Merle ❤❤❤❤❤!!

[@HENZOPLY]

Tramp and Vance 2024! Let´s make America great once again!

[@Hagfan789]

Little bit of rebel comin out in Merle in this one..Gotta love it..

[@sumo36]

J. D. Vance brought me here :D

[@Frihetsnyttfan]

Same😀🤠🥲👍🎉🎸💪✊🇺🇸🌎💯

[@malcolmrobinson4894]

​@user-jw9lq5ib6gcalm down John

[@realvoterlo4952]

Same here. Thank you J.D👍

[@peppereater3028]

Merl for MAGA! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@Sylvester-wq4hy]

same here!!! it's was a nice song!! Thank You J.D

[@sgmahabir]

God Bless

[@skeets6060]

Sing it Merle we need this more now than ever before !

[@fredricjones3445]

UHHH... BASED DEPARTMENT?!

[@Ó̵̋̌-u2z]

We are calling to inform you we are inspired by your work

[@SquiggyWigginz]

Amerika, just watch what you say.

[@tharunsankar4926]

Better fucking call the based department!

[@sambeck2510]

"You're gonna regret asking that question" - Dan Crenshaw

[@INT_MAX]

@Eye Patch Guy Dan "J for pay" Crenshaw

[@TrueEngieBengie]

Groyper Check

[@bigol9223]

This comment was at 109 likes. I'm proud to announce that I made that into 110. 😉

[@holyvacant1427]

You’re gonna regret leaving this comment

[@harbinger6753]

2 months and no downvotes Based.

[@cindyfoster5269]

America First!!!❤🇺🇸

[@hoosez]

About time Merle got recognized. I remember when this came out. Disappeared about two weeks later, from the radio. Wonder why that was...... ?

[@JuanitaSweet-n3k]

Heard this at the RNC when JD Vance came out and he is also having it played at his rallys. Love it!! Trump/Vance 2024!! ❤

[@k4u1963]

A friend of mine who served in Afghanistan said if Americans knew what was going on there they would be furious.He told me we are building schools,houses,paving roads,drilling community water wells and installing municipal water systems and sewage treatment plants. They are also building an afghan army,giving them uniforms,weapons,ammunition,computer systems,radar, helicopters,building military basis etc. We are falling to pieces while YOUR dollars are building nations abroad. Wonderful!

[@dagothur76839]

Heh wonder what he thinks about it now, that whole army we built was entriely useless

[@deev2955]

😲😲!!!!!!!

[@jimmace6148]

​@@dagothur76839yeah because Trump let 5000 taliban out of prison

[@bassmaster867]

Why is does this song have more wisdom than the entire Department of State +Department of Defense+ Congress?

[@juleestahl938]

Sadly so true. Rainbow Stew Trump 2020

[@robertalexander4873]

If they would just listen!

[@billhiggins1882]

Because he cared

[@jaynewest5038]

​@@juleestahl938we need him now not the warmonger we have now

[@ShshWkwjwb]

TRUMP 2024🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@elizabethcarter4099]

RIP Merle Haggard. I grew up listening to you, now I wonder who's going to fill your shoes.

[@aleesadecker5843]

No one

[@extracrispycolonel8600]

When it comes to defending America, Bocephus will hold up Merle’s legacy.

[@davidpfeifer9489]

Elizabeth Carter Sturgill Simpson is in the same ball park, also Chris Stapleton is pretty good! White buffalo- whistler also really cool check it out!

[@UlliStein]

Exactly! kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6DHe3VnqbeBjKc

[@EileenGery]

Rest in peace Merle.

[@СергейКоролев-м2е]

RIP, Merle. Thanks for all you have done.

[@nmxsanchez]

RIP Merle, you will be forever missed and remembered

[@kpopworld1465]

same for you

[@mobyrichard592]

Heard this after the JD rally. Great song!

[@nickhawkins6054]

If we had put America first, we’d still be energy independent, we wouldn’t be begging other countries for their oil, we’d be doing everything in our power to help other countries who are hurting.

[@laszlovarga3991]

Pennsylvania & Arizona here !!!

[@karenprouty730]

Got to see him in concert shortly before he passed! He's such a treasure

[@lauragreaser3461]

I saw him too. I agree.

[@RAW_GHC02]

Saw him the same time with my dad. One of our favorite memories. He opened with Big City.

[@KevinLanks]

Heard this for the first time from JD Vance rally in PA! Love it!

[@baseballworldwide9439]

Americanism will be our credo!

[@leahs7790]

I just heard this tonight for the first time when they introduced JD at the RNC. Very surprised to learn it is Merle and so old!

[@georgepoirier9014]

Awesomey song !

[@WasatchGarandMan]

Hello? Nick Fuentes Department?

[@josepigroyper370]

Based

[@karenenderle532]

Beautiful ending with "God Bless Johnny Cash"! Merle loved that man and we all know the story of Johnny singing at San Quentin when Merle was an inmate. I shudder to think what would have happened to Merle if he had not seen Johnny Cash on that day and realized his own potential and promise!

[@TravisClan]

I know right! Rest In Peace the Both of them, at least they’re sitting back with Hank Williams Waylon Jennings, and Charlie Daniels

[@larrybill2661]

l agree with you, indeed Merle Haggard is a great and talented artist who's songs never goes out of style,he's one of my favorites artist, he's songs still and always heals the Soul, I pray God gives you lot of beautiful days.

[@crawwwfishh3284]

I second that.

[@magdalenavela2901]

I love this song !! America first

[@thomaswezwick5470]

Thats right ...JD brought me here and this is his theme song and President Trump has his....Lee Greenwoods God Bless the USA!

[@greenfeather1779]

I miss his music and his love for the south.

[@swiftwindturning]

My first live show ever was the Merle Haggard show my mom took me to when I was a kid in the early 80s. Never been a fan or anything, but just found this America First song and it sure does ring true!

[@adamusphillida5443]

Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo.

[@deltaphilip8611]

I can only click once, but 100x to that.

[@sureynix]

Globalism = staying in Afghanistan forever.

[@Jerbt]

@@sureynix yeah we gotta get our troops outta afgan

[@ChipsChallenge95]

It’s not cool to shill for big business, it’s not cool to shill for Israel, it’s not. ITS GAY.

[@jaynewest5038]

Now more than ever but the domestic terrorists are in control

[@yoloswagthuglifeselfie568]

Merle is the goat. We love AF and the groypers.

[@Freethinkers219]

God Bless America 🇺🇲🎉🎉

[@Southernman887]

Fitting song for today

[@KjoUn0]

Can't anyone just enjoy music anymore...come on friends...we need to pull together...this country is fading and if you don't see it you just aren't lookin' in the right places so don't belittle each other....Pull this country back together again !!!

[@Bones98]

RIP Merle. I'm first generation and love this country and the principles of freedom and liberty it was founded on. Coincidentally, I was born on the same day and month the constitution was ratified.

[@irmacushing3483]

Man this is in your face rocking blues! Love it!

[@What_IsMyName]

Love this song

[@mpas8684]

God Bless Merle and his family. RIP stranger!

[@Ian00003]

This song is still true to this day

[@johngookinsable]

God bless America!

[@arnienewman785]

God Bless Merle Haggard

[@landthatilove6556]

Loved Merle! I saw him two years before he passed. I was so thrilled to see him! ❤

[@amyjoedwards6711]

WOW 🎶🎶🎶 great song 🎶 AMERICA FIRST 🇺🇸 imagine that...

[@BD-xi1tv]

America First "YES"

[@meldridge51]

Elvis This World Will Always Remember You! Your The Greatest!

[@NigelCash]

Great patriotic music like hthis is a thing of the past!

[@alexvaladez414]

Make America Great Again Trump Vance 2024

[@MS-iq9xg]

Wish he would have picked a better VP

[@ClearValue.]

this aged well LOL

[@Terre19]

👍 RIGHT ON!!! That what I always say we can’t help anyone else tell we help ourselves that’s just a fact jack! Great song thanks Merle Haggard!!!

[@Terre19]

Trump/Vance 2024 for America 🇺🇸 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@eulabarker7678]

What a talented song writer he was. We saw his live show years ago,he was just one of the best RIP Merle

[@JHargis68]

Merle Haggard was the greatest who's ever been or ever will be.

[@panafricanismstrikesback]

Love It!

[@SG-oi8rl]

Heard this played at RNC today, Merle was on it before Trump, Trump got it from Merle. Merle lived right across the creek from me, he was a local here for many years.

[@johncbest859]

A lot more people are finally getting it! TRUMP 2024!

[@Melissa-sm4yp]

Yes! The real woke ;)

[@fredharris9413]

U were lucky to have known Merle ...

[@patgille]

Just heard this at the RNC. Wonderful song.

[@SG-oi8rl]

@@Melissa-sm4yp Merle was "woke" 🤣🤣✌✌

[@davidmiller9984]

Mighty Merle,I miss ya!

[@wolftreetree]

God bless america again we need to put america first again instead of rebuilding foreign countries, lets rebuild america. PS Our private charities can help the rewst of the world.

[@user-unknownorknown]

Beautiful song.

[@Touba007]

This song was great 👏👏

[@AWFULWORKPLACES]

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN 2024 !!!!

[@theghostlyone]

Tell me there's not a remix called Israel First

[@nicklang6925]

I’m dying, that needs to happen 😂

[@moderndissident5930]

Yes by Ben Shapiro

[@teresa67factoid95]

The policy of the best president in 🇺🇸 history... 45. Our beloved president Trump.

[@kathypritchard9852]

This should be his campaign song for 2024MAGA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@allendeaverrealtor]

Merle thanks for having the guts to put out a song like this. When is America going to start taking care of America. How can we solve the worlds problems when we can't solve our own.

[@jimmace6148]

Merle was an anti war liberal who believed in helping Americans....you know social programs.