Country music artist Hardy shared some strong words for people who criticize America.

Videos of the 34-year-old musician started circulating on social media following a performance over the weekend in Knoxville, Tennessee. The “Truck Bed” singer opened for Morgan Wallen during the two-day set that included Eric Church, Darius Rucker, and Miranda Lambert.

Hardy introduced his song “God’s Country,” which he co-wrote with Blake Shelton, by discussing his feelings about his homeland and those who hate being here.

“Especially this year with all the crazy sh** going on, I see a lot of people posting and talking sh** about living in the United States of America and being a United States citizen,” Hardy began. “And to that I say, ‘f*** you,’” he continued as the crowd erupted into cheers and applause.

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“If you don’t like living here, then go f***ing live somewhere else, motherf***er. The United States is the greatest country on this planet, period. … I’m damn proud to live in this country, I’m damn proud of it.”

He went on, “We’ve got people that work their f***in’ a** off every day of their life, put their life on the f***ing line so we can go to concerts in Neyland Stadium… and that’s a country I like to call ‘God’s Country.’”

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Hardy, whose full name is Michael Wilson Hardy, was born in Mississippi and got his start in country music by helping write songs for some big-name acts, including Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane, Blake Shelton, Dallas Smith, Thomas Rhett, and Morgan Wallen. His latest album, “The Mockingbird & the Crow,” reached the top of the country music charts in 2023.

The singer’s best-known singles are “Truck Bed,” “Wait in the Truck,” “Give Heaven Some Hell,” and “One Beer.”

Hardy’s pro-America declaration comes shortly after rap artist Macklemore was called out for encouraging the crowd at his Seattle concert to chant, “F*** America,” as The Daily Wire previously reported. 

Macklemore started the chant before debuting a song called “Hinds Hall 2,” which contains anti-Semitic rhetoric. It all took place at the “Palestine Will Live Forever Festival.”

An illegal immigrant who was deported during the Trump administration before making his way back into the U.S. pleaded guilty earlier this week to killing 25-year-old Michigan resident Ruby Garcia.

Brandon Ortiz-Vite, also 25, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of second-degree murder, one count of carjacking, one count of carrying a concealed weapon, and one count of using a firearm in the commission of a felony after killing Garcia and dumping her body on the side of a freeway in March, WOOD TV 8 reported. Garcia’s family pushed for a plea deal instead of going through a trial, according to Kent County, Michigan, Prosecutor Chris Becker. Ortiz-Vite faces at least 30 to 37 years in prison.

Shortly after Ortiz-Vite turned himself over to authorities and Garcia’s body was found, an ICE spokesman confirmed to The Daily Wire that the killer is an illegal immigrant from Mexico. Ortiz-Vite “was arrested by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Detroit on Aug. 31, 2020” and then “removed to Mexico [on] Sept. 29, 2020,” according to ICE.

“At an unknown date and location Ortiz-Vite reentered the United States without inspection by an immigration official,” the ICE spokesman added.

Ortiz-Vite first arrived in the U.S. as a child and was allowed to stay in the country under former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, according to WOOD TV 8. DACA recipients were allowed to seek renewal to remain in the country every two years, but Ortiz-Vite’s DACA status expired in May 2019, a year after he was jailed for breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and standing over her bed. The Mexican national wasn’t deported until 2020 after a drunken driving arrest.

After coming back to the U.S. illegally, Ortiz-Vite became friends with Garcia. On March 22 of this year, the illegal immigrant reportedly got into an argument with Garcia while she was driving him home. According to testimony from a detective, “During that altercation, [Ortiz-Vite] remembered that he had his handgun with him.”

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“I believe he said it was instinct that he then reached for the gun and shot her multiple times inside the vehicle,” the detective added.

Two days after Garcia was murdered, Ortiz-Vite called 911 and was heard saying, “I’m calling ’cause I wanna turn myself in for a murder I committed two nights ago.”

Ortiz-Vite is scheduled to be sentenced on October 31.