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Country music singers Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley opened the 50th annual County Music Awards with a monologue based on making fun of the election, which is less than a week away.
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Here is what they covered:
The duo began mocking the elections by a sing-along in which they complained that the 2016 election that has seemingly been going on “for ever and ever and ever and ever…”
“We’re so freaking sick of poltics,” they sang. “We don’t even care who wins! Won’t it be refreshing — instead of the election — to see us standing up here?”.
“This election is taking forever,” Underwood said as Paisley put his guitar down.
“Make it end,” they exclaimed together.
And this was just the beginning.
When Underwood was talking about the nominees for Entertainer of the Year, Paisley lurked behind her, interrupting her with comments like “False” and “Lies.” This was mocking fun of the GOP nominee at the last debate.
Paisley also referred to Clinton’s “#ImWithHer” slogan, changing it to “#ImWithCarrie”, as they discussed her nomination for the award.
The duo continued with Paisley complaining several times that the show was rigged to which Underwood asked “The people need to know: Will you accept tonight’s results?”
“Yes. If I win,” he replied, quoting something Trump said on the campaign trail. When she pointed out, he wasn’t even nominated, he stated: “Then no. And you’re a nasty woman.”
The two also made fun of the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton over her comment about Trump supporters being a “basket of deplorables.”
Their “basket of deplorables” included items such as ammo, beer goggles, Willie Nelson’s potted meat and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Barbies.
Their opening act came as a surprise after Underwood told The Boot she wanted the 50th anniversary of the CMAS to stay focused on what they’re there to celebrate— the music.
“I prefer to stay away from politics. This is country music, and we have 50 years to cover,” Underwood stated. “So I feel like we’ll have lots to talk about, but I think it will be more geared to just us and what we do and all these legends that we have and people that have incredible talent that we have in our genre.”
