Cody Johnson Speaks Out Against Division, Calls For Unity In America [WATCH]
on Sep 17, 2025
Cody Johnson is once again using his platform to encourage unity across the United States.
On September 12, Cody Johnson performed in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he spoke passionately to thousands of fans about the importance of coming together as a nation.
His message came during the week of the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and just two days after the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk and a shooting that took place at a high school in Colorado.
A fan captured a video that night showing Johnson pausing mid-performance to speak candidly to the crowd during his sold-out show.
“This is my microphone. I bought this microphone and I have the right to say whatever I want to on it,” he began.
“I’m sick of division. I’m sick of it,” he continued. “I’ve been watching it for five years. Five years ago in 2020, social media and news and politics tried to divide us all on a lot of things. They tried to divide us over vaccines, over masks, over public, or what do you call it, social distancing. I never once did that, by the way. Never took a vaccine, never wore a mask. I just stayed at home. They tried to divide us on race, on gender, on how you voted. All those things are American rights.”
The crowd can be heard cheering and clapping as Johnson continues speaking with even more intensity.
“And I want to tell you right now, I’m sick… after the things that have happened this week. I’m not even going to go into it. That’s not why you came here. But I’m sick and tired of division. I’m sick and tired of living where people think it’s okay to hate somebody so much over something that they have to do something stupid.”
The “‘Til You Can’t” singer stressed that it’s okay for people to have different opinions and that we can still come together and support each other despite those differences.
“I’ll always stand on this stage and say, I believe in Jesus. I’ll always stand on this stage and I’ll say, the only reason we’re free in this country is because men and women gave their life.”
“Lemme tell you something, the reason it’s okay to disagree with someone in this country and still love them anyway, no matter the circumstances, it’s because before most of us were born, an American soldier died for our freedom to disagree with each other.”
“Yes, every one of our walks is different. Every one of our backgrounds is different. We all have different trials, we all have different things that bring us down. But there are three things that bind us together no matter what. No matter who’s an idiot, who wants to do something stupid, no matter who’s complaining, no matter who’s telling you that this country’s going down the tube, there’s three things that still matter. And if you believe in ’em, they’re this simple: red, white, and blue.”
After his speech, Johnson said he wanted to perform a song about unity, not division.
He asked the crowd to remove their hats out of respect and then began to sing “God Bless America.”
You can watch Cody Johnson’s full speech about unity in the video below.
