I have no doubt you are correct. Rest passing on news on TV, right or wrong... :o)
We’re pretty much stuck with the news sources we have, but this was no spur of the moment shooting. Nor was it a piece of cake to pull off. It took some planning, execution, and a lot of intent.
Country music fans, by and large, tend to be average Americans, and in my experience, a bit on the conservative side, in general.