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Tim McGraw On Texas Shooting: ‘I Cannot Even Fathom The Pain’

Tim McGraw took his Twitter after yesterday’s (5/24) Texas school shooting that killed 21 people, including 19 children. In a lengthy note on Twitter, Tim wrote, “I cannot even fathom the…

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Tim McGraw took his Twitter after yesterday's (5/24) Texas school shooting that killed 21 people, including 19 children. In a lengthy note on Twitter, Tim wrote, "I cannot even fathom the pain the families in Uvalde are feeling. To me, this isn't about political sides, personal freedoms, or beliefs. We as human beings need to realize that we have a disease that needs recognition, a treatment, and a cure. I'm not intelligent enough to know what that cure is, but I am intelligent enough as most people are that we must have unbiased dialogue and action about what / how to work toward a solution."

He continued, "Divisive rhetoric has done zero to help this problem - it's only made it worse. For one minute, let's set aside our idealistic views and concentrate on the kind of world we want our children to grow up in. This sort of tragedy has become far too common, far too acceptable. This shouldn't have been acceptable 20 years ago, 4 years ago, or one week ago. This SHOULD NOT be accepted. This is not normal."

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Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.