Carrie Underwood’s journey to Trump Inauguration from ‘American Idol’ champ

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Associated Press in 2012. “I just really try hard to do what I do and try to be nice to people and make great music, and if people think they can look up to that, that’s wonderful.

If not, that’s OK, too.”With a widespread fan base ranging from evangelical Christians to the LGBTQ+ community, Underwood’s political stance has often been at the center of debate. “There is someone I do support, but I don’t support publicly,” the country star told TV Guide in 2008. “I lose all respect for celebrities when they back a candidate.

It’s saying that the American public isn’t smart enough to make their own decisions. I would never want anybody to vote for anything or anybody just because I told them to.”Four years later, Underwood faced both backlash and praise after seemingly speaking out in support of gay marriage. “As a married person myself, I don’t know what it’s like to be told I can’t marry somebody I love, and want to marry,” she told The Independent in 2012. “I can’t imagine how that must feel.

I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love.”“Above all, God wanted us to love others.