Aaron Lewis first made a splash on the music scene back in the early 2000s as the frontman for Staind when the group’s first single, “It’s Been Awhile,” helped springboard its third studio album into the top spot in the Billboard Top 200 album charts.

Lewis has remained busy since then, even embarking on a solo career, but if it has been a while since you have heard his stuff on the radio, he said there is a good reason for that. The 53-year-old made the switch over to country music, but he said his politics have kept his music from getting much airplay.

“They won’t play me,” Lewis said in a recent interview with Tucker Carlson. “They don’t like my thoughts on things.”

Lewis said it all began when Barack Obama took office.

“Obama getting elected,” he said. “I immediately recognized it

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