Senate GOP targets musicians Ben Folds, Jason Isbell as ‘unhinged left’ ahead of rally for Dem candidate

Folds and Isbell will perform at the Our Country, Our Future event on Monday night, which the Democrat’s campaign has marketed as a coming-together of “Tennesseans of all political stripes who are excited about Bredesen’s candidacy,” according to The Tennessean.

Bredesen, who is running against Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R), served as the state’s governor from 2003 to 2011, making him the last Democrat to win statewide office in deep-red Tennessee.

Democratic strategists have argued he could be uniquely positioned take back the seat currently held by Republican Sen. Bob Corker, who is retiring.

Bredesen’s campaign responded to the NRSC’s comments noting that Folds played at the Republican National Convention and saying “the swamp” should take a closer look at Blackburn’s “ties to hate groups and Russian nationals.”

“Jason Isbell is a champion for working men and women,” Laura Zapata, Bredesen’s communications director, said in a statement to local outlet The Tennessean. “Ben Folds is a leading advocate for arts education and he even played at the Republican National Convention. The swamp needs to spend less time worrying about these popular recording artists and more time looking into Marsha Blackburn’s ties to hate groups and Russian nationals, and her illegal coordination with dark-money groups in Washington.”