Derek Johnson is a US Army Veteran, legal and military historian, and independent country music star known world-wide for his back-to-back Billboard Hits "Real Cool Kinda Hot" and "Right Beer Right Now.” Johnson is an avid Trump supporter, and advocate for teaching American history and the U.S. Constitution. He is dedicated to restoring law and order through educating Americans about our military laws, and the country’s Founding
CNN hosted Trump’s first town hall since he declared for 2024, and it is pretty well established that the train had already left and it was full steam ahead. As RedState reported, Trump set the tone and showed host Kaitlan Collins who was driving the conversation. It definitely was not her. White House correspondent Simon Ateba was underwhelmed.
Of course, Collins began with the 2020 election and January 6. Trump immediately batted down Collins’ contentions about his influence over the January 6 kerfuffle and the violence that ensued, then raised hackles when he called Capitol Police officer Michael Byrd, who shot veteran Ashli Babbitt, a “thug.”
The audience, made up of Republican and Independent voters, absolutely loved Trump—much to the chagrin of Collins. Trump received a standing ovation at his introduction, and his appeal only increased from there.
When Trump related (in semi-mocking fashion) E. Jean Carroll’s rape allegations against him, the crowd was animated and laughing at Trump’s funny delivery. If CNN was hoping Collins’ line of questioning would make Trump come off as unlikeable or misogynist, then they failed miserably. If there were any skeptics in that crowd, Trump had won them over at the end.
A most telling portion of the night was the focus group post-Town Hall. The CNN correspondent running the group attempted to push his own narrative about Trump’s response to the questions about the 2020 Election, not realizing he was not dealing with low-information voters who were born yesterday.
BIO: Derek Johnson is a United States Army veteran turned country music sensation. Johnson gained renown after two of his songs became back to back hits on Billboard Country Airplay, the coveted Top Chart in country music. Notably, Johnson achieved this as an independent country artist. Johnson now uses his platform to educate the American people about the American Founding.