“They Love A Cosplay President”: Charley Crockett Goes Scorched Earth On Trump, Shades Jelly Roll, Elon Musk & More In Lengthy Super Bowl Instagram Rant

Many years ago, Super Bowl Sunday used to be one of the few nights in the year that we could all put aside our differences and come together as a nation to watch one of the country’s great pastimes. Recently, however, it’s become quite the opposite. In what feels like a reaction to our ever-divisive political climate, it seems as if the Super Bowl and everything surrounding it have followed suit.

Particularly, that came to a head this year when the NFL selected Puerto Rican rapper and global superstar, Bad Bunny, to headline this year’s Super Bowl halftime show. While it’s quite easy to see why they selected the “DtMF” singer, given that the NFL is making a greater push worldwide and in Latin America in general, it didn’t stop many from being outraged considering the fact that he almost exclusively performs in Spanish.

Beyond the expected outrage online from many opposing the 6x Grammy winner’s selection for the Super Bowl, even more dialogue and further division was fueled upon the announcement that Turning Point USA, the conservative nonprofit founded by the late Charlie Kirk, was hosting their own alternative Super Bowl halftime show headlined by Kid Rock, Lee Brice, Brantley Gilbert and Gabby Barrett.

With so much dialogue coming in from both sides of the political aisle leading up to this year’s Super Bowl, we’ve already seen plenty of hot takes flying out from nearly all corners of the internet. But hours before the big game, however, Texas troubadour and recent Grammy-nominee, Charley Crockett, took to Instagram to go scorched Earth on the current state of our nation. In turn, the “Jamestown Ferry” singer would slam the likes of President Trump, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, there was seemingly a veiled shot at Jelly Roll, and more.

He would open up the post by referencing the “cosplay cowboy” mantra given to him by Gavin Adcock after the “Run Your Mouth” singer found himself at odds with Crockett last year. Other artists, perhaps most vocally Paul Cauthen, have also accused Charley of having a phony backstory In turn, Crockett would call President Trump a “cosplay president,” alluding to the fact that the president received multiple deferments and ultimately avoided being drafted in the Vietnam War. He’d then subtly call out Jelly Roll for his impassioned Grammy speech about his faith before bafflingly comparing it to Bad Bunny’s and noting he “talked like Jesus.”

“They keep saying I’m a cosplay cowboy but they love a cosplay president. Some folks have been on here calling Muhammad Ali a draft dodger when y’all got one in the White House. When I was at the Grammys the other night I saw a guy get up and talk about Jesus, and then I saw Bad Bunny get up there and talk like Jesus. The country music establishment should be taking notes on a Puerto Rican American who hasn’t forgotten his heritage and brought his culture’s traditional music back to the front, showing the world something new with it.”

Crockett would then go on to call the president a grifter who’s only good at “portraying a successful businessman as a reality TV actor.” Boldly, the “$10 Cowboy” singer would then call for Elon Musk to be deported after claiming that the SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter) CEO bought the 2024 election. Additionally, he’d call for Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and the highly controversial data company, Palantir, to be sent back with Musk, given that Thiel is a German-American citizen.

“The President is a grifter who bankrupted 6 casinos. That’s pretty extraordinary considering it’s a rigged business in favor of the house. The only thing he’s good at is filing lawsuits and portraying a successful business man as a reality TV actor. Last time I checked Elon Musk was an immigrant from South Africa but there he is standing in the White House buying our elections. Let’s deport his a** and send Peter Thiel back with him since they both openly believe in a post democratic society where men of their class are above the law. Forgive me if I have a problem with a 34 time convicted felon running this country when I lost the right to vote or own a weapon for years over marijuana.”

The Texas native would finish the lengthy post by condemning everyone supporting the current administration, likening it to “mental slavery.” He’d also call for more empathy and attention for the poor before wrapping up by telling his followers not to forget Muhammad Ali’s famous “I Am America” quote, as well as the coal miners of Harlan Country, Kentucky, in the 1930s.

“As long as you’re hating the oppressed and loving your oppressor you’ll never know why our generation is poorer than our parents and grandparents. As a great man once said it’s welfare for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor. If you can sleep at night licking their boots that’s between you and yours, but that type of thinking isn’t freedom. It’s mental slavery. Every single right we have as a people wasn’t handed to us. We had to fight and take it. Judge a man by how he treats the poor and those who he views as being able to do nothing for him. Don’t forget why Muhammad Ali said ‘I am America.’ Remember the coal miners of Harlan County, Kentucky. I believe in what we can be. Ride on.”

And then, despite railing against Trump, and other conservatives, Crockett would add in the comment section that he doesn’t believe the current issues in the country don’t boil down to a left or right issue, noting that he believes something else entirely is happening here.

“I truly believe this isn’t a left or right issue. There’s something else happening here.”

In his previous Instagram post, featuring rapper Killer Mike, he once again referenced the boxing icon saying:

“They call me the Muhammad Ali of country music”

Say what you want about Charley Crockett, his origin story, his anti-Trump rant, the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny, politics, America, whatever… I’m pretty sure nobody has ever called him “the Muhammad Ali of country music” except himself…