Maren Morris Sings 'America, We're Better than This' During Powerful DNC Performance

Mar. 15, 2025

Maren Morris performs “Better Than We Found It” at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.Photo:SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty

Maren Morrisshowed up to support Vice PresidentKamala Harrisat the 2024Democratic National Convention.

On Wednesday, Aug. 21, the singer-songwriter made an appearance at the DNC in Chicago, performing her 2020 song,“Better Than We Found It.”

The protest song was released in the wake of George Floyd’s murder to express Morris' support for the Black Lives Matter movement, but on Wednesday it seemingly served to draw a contrast between the modern-day Democratic and Republican platforms.

“When lines of tomorrow are drawn / Can I live with the side that I chose to be on? / Will we sit on our hands, do nothing about it? / Or will we leave this world better than we found it?” she sang. “America, America, divided we fall / America, America, God save us all / From ourselves and the Hell that we’ve built for our kids / America, America, we’re better than this.”

Throughout her career, Morris, 34, has been an advocate for an inclusive country music genre.

Maren Morris in 2024.Timothy Norris/Getty Images

Timothy Norris/Getty Images

Morris,who identifies as bisexualand is an outspoken advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, called out country music star Jason Aldean’s wife, Brittany, for hertransphobic commentin August 2022. (The Aldeans were special guestsofDonald Trump’s at the Republican National Convention last month.)

“It’s so easy to, like, not be a scumbag human?” Morris wrote onX (formerly Twitter). “Sell your clip-ins and zip it, Insurrection Barbie.”

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She alsofamously created shirtsreading “Lunatic Country Music Person” after television personalityTucker Carlsoncalled her that during a 2022 segment of his show. Theproceeds from the shirtswere donated to benefit trans rights groups.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 2024.Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty

Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty

Morris endorsedJoe Bidenduring his 2020 campaign for president during the “I Will Vote” Democratic fundraiser.

“I voted early for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and for Democrats down the ticket here in Tennessee because we need leadership that is kind, compassionate and that cares,” the Grammy winner said in October 2020, perBillboard.

“Leadership that will unite us to overcome this pandemic, to put us back to work again, end systemic racism and work every day to ensure we leave this world to our kids in better shape than we found it."

Ahead of her 2024 DNC performance, she toldThe Tennesseanthat she’s “honored” to make her convention debut.

source: people.com