The Left's trying to milkshake-duck Oliver Anthony, but he's genuine

There is nothing authentic about the viral country hit “Rich Men North of Richmond” by Oliver Anthony, say journalists. His real name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford. He is a “conservative industry plant, astroturfed into existence by all the Daily Wire freaks and some right-wing social media promoter,” according to an online sleuth. “The entire concept was likely dreamt up in a Daily Wire/Con Inc laboratory,” acknowledged a Trump supporter.

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But if it is just a deep folksy fake, it’s a great one. …

In truth, there’s really only one thing in the song that might be reasonably considered conservative, and that’s a single line criticizing welfare. There’s nothing racist whatsoever in the song.

And if Lunsford is a grifter, he’s not a particularly good one. In his Facebook post, Lunsford said that he lives a 27-foot-long camper that he bought on Craigslist for $750. Its roof is a tarp.

[He used his grandfather’s name as an homage to his hard-scrabble Appalachian life. He’s hardly the first pop, rock, or country musician to use a stage name. And all of this milkshake-ducking of Anthony is an attempt to distract from his message, and his genuine nature in expressing it. — Ed]

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