Country music singer who said Trump, MAGA are not Christian claims his life is at risk

EntertainmentPresident Donald Trump is pictured during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP Photo/Jacquelyn MartinBy Brian Linder | blinder@pennlive.comThere is not a singer in country music who has been a more vocal opponent of Donald Trump than Bryan Andrews.Andrews went viral last year for his “crash out” video in which he claimed that Trump supporters and MAGA can’t call themselves Christians. He hasn’t backed down since, and he recently released an album, “Independence Day,” in which he keeps the ball rolling. That isn’t always popular in the country music world, and that is something he recently addressed on Instagram. Andrews shared a video with a screenshot of a follower who wrote, “Dude sold out.”“Yeah, OK,” he replied in the video. “Can I ask you something real quick? Sold out? Dog, I’m in country (expletive) music. Who in the (expletive) would I have sold out to? You think I saw this (expletive) to get in good graces with the country music industry? Dog, the country music industry (expletive) hates me because I say this (expletive).“You think any big artists out there are beating down my (expletive) door to go out on tour with them?” he continued. “(Expletive) no! Hell, even the artists that do (expletive) with me in country music do so behind closed doors very rarely ever say that they do publicly. You think country (expletive) radio is ever going to play my (expletive)? (Expletive) no, dude!”Andrews went on to say there was a time in his life when he was afraid to say what he thought, and that he was not going to let that happen. He said, based on his direct messages, that he was risking his life to say what he now believes.Andrews first made headlines last year with the video calling out MAGA, Trump and their faith.“You don’t get to call yourself a Christian and then advocate and (expletive) laugh when families are torn apart outside of courthouses, when people (are) trying to come here the right ways,” he said in a video.“You don’t get to call yourself a Christian and then think it’s OK that the highest court in the (expletive) land just gave a green light to ICE agents to be able to (expletive) target people because they are brown or speaking Spanish.”The singer said it makes him “sick” to be lumped in with MAGA supporters who claim to be Christians.“You are not Christian,” he said. “You use Christianity as a shield to hide behind when you need to justify the hate that you have scolded into this world.”Brian Linder is the trending editor at PennLive.com. He has more than 20 years of experience working for newspapers first in South Carolina, then Daytona Beach, Florida and now in Pennsylvania. Linder spent...