Larry Gatlin wants to see some changes that he believes will help his fellow Americans.
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“Here’s where I am on all this. Like the philosopher Socrates, I know enough to know I know nothing. John Locke said, ‘All wealth is the product of labor.’ What is our government trying to tell us right now? They’re trying to shut us down,” Gatlin said.
Larry Gatlin attends the 67th Annual BMI Country Awards at BMI on November 12, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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“They’re trying to keep people from going to work, going to school and they’re paying people to sit home on their butts and not work so then the wealth that I have created and other people have created by going out and working, the government is paying them that,” he continued. “I think that’s horrible. I don’t think I or the American people should have to put up with that and I think someone should tell the American people that, so I am.”
Gatlin said he’s fed up with the mixed messages the country’s leaders are sending to Americans and railed against their intentions to close institutions, including schools. He specifically shared a message aimed at joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Joe Biden<
Gatlin shared his wish for the country’s leaders to take on the views of some writers he looks up to, including Saul Bellow and C.S. Lewis.
Larry Gatlin (L) and Steve Gatlin of The Gatlins perform in concert during the "Deep From The Heart: One America Appeal Concert" at Reed Arena on October 21, 2017 in College Station, Texas.
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“C.S. Lewis said, ‘Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.’ Dr. Fauci has told us, ‘We’re doing this for your own good.’ Hey, I pretty much know what is for my own good. Yes, I would take all the shots, I would do all that over, but for them to mandate the kids can’t go to school, or I can’t go to work, or you’ve got to fire them, is absolutely preposterous,” he said.
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Gatlin explained he started feeling “funky” earlier this month and received a negative test. However, a couple of days later, he tested again and was positive. Fortunately, the performer said he’s a “tough old rooster.”
“I really feel fine,” he insisted. “I’m tough. I have country music tour bus immunity. When you travel in a tour bus for 30 years, 100 days a year with 10 guys on the road, you’ve been exposed to just about every disease known to man. And I have strong DNA.”
Gatlin spoke to Fox News in March 2021 when he revealed he contracted COVID-19 for the first time after receiving the Moderna vaccine.
“Folks, I feel like I have a cold, and not even a bad cold at that. I even hit a few golf balls before dinner,” he told us at the time.
“At this moment I feel like Lou Gehrig when he said, ‘Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth,” he shared with us.
