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Country singer Alexis Wilkins, the girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel, defended her performance slot at the Great American State Fair on Wednesday as a gig she garnered on her merits.<\/p>\n

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Wilkins, who averages about 5,800 monthly listeners on Spotify, wrote on X<\/u><\/span> that she was \u201cinvited to sing this anthem on my own accord\u201d at Wednesday evening\u2019s event on the National Mall and would not receive payment \u201cfor this great honor\u201d after facing criticism that her connection to Patel influenced the booking.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been a country music artist for years now. I have had a successful career in both music and commentary\/strategy,\u201d Wilkins wrote. \u201cPeople don\u2019t get to negate that for clicks or headlines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freedom 250 did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n

The musical performance on the National Mall and other events are being organized by Freedom 250, the Trump-created group that bills itself as nonpartisan, as part of President Donald Trump\u2019s plans to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country\u2019s founding. Freedom 250, which is backed<\/u><\/span> by a few conservative and religious nonprofit organizations as \u201cparticipating partners,\u201d is a separate entity from America250, a bipartisan commission created by Congress a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Freedom 250\u2019s original concert lineup imploded immediately after the first slate of singers was announced in May. Within days, multiple artists dropped out<\/u><\/span>, and some claimed they were unaware of the event\u2019s political connections.<\/p>\n

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Rapper Young MC wrote on Facebook<\/u><\/span> that he was not told of any \u201cpolitical involvement\u201d and hoped to return to D.C. at an event that was \u201cnot so politically charged.\u201d Country singer Martina McBride said in an Instagram post that she was misled. And the Commodores said in a statement<\/u><\/span> that they \u201cchoose not to publicly affiliate with any single political party. We support the betterment of all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump announced an overhauled<\/u><\/span> event earlier this month. He is scheduled to speak Wednesday evening, and the ceremony is set to include<\/u><\/span> military flyovers, performances by the U.S. Marine Band, Lee Greenwood and others.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want singers with no talent, but big fees to put you to sleep, we\u2019ve told them all to stay home,\u201d Trump wrote in a social media post. \u201cAll we want is you, me, a few speakers, and the Greatest Music ever played, the same Music you have listened to for years!\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilkins, 27, announced Tuesday she was joining the event as a \u201cfeatured performer.\u201d The inclusion in the Trump event isn\u2019t the first time Wilkins\u2019 relationship with Patel has faced scrutiny: He reportedly misused FBI aircraft<\/u><\/span> to visit her in Nashville, and she was assigned an FBI security detail that the bureau said was necessary<\/u><\/span> due to \u201chundreds of credible death threats.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alexis Wilkins, who\u2019s been in a longtime relationship with the FBI director, said she will not receive payment for her Freedom 250 performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trump-white-house"],"yoast_head":"\nKash Patel\u2019s Country Singer Girlfriend Defends Spot in Trump's Fair Lineup - Modern Home Journals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=652\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kash Patel\u2019s Country Singer Girlfriend Defends Spot in Trump's Fair Lineup - Modern Home Journals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alexis Wilkins, who\u2019s been in a longtime relationship with the FBI director, said she will not receive payment for her Freedom 250 performance.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=652\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Modern Home Journals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-24T16:44:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=652#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=652\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0\"},\"headline\":\"Kash Patel\u2019s Country Singer Girlfriend Defends Spot in Trump’s Fair Lineup\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-24T16:44:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=652\"},\"wordCount\":507,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=652#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/2237ffc85d143309dea968a267644db6-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Trump White House\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=652#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=652\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=652\",\"name\":\"Kash Patel\u2019s Country Singer Girlfriend Defends Spot in Trump's Fair Lineup - Modern Home Journals\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=652#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=652#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/2237ffc85d143309dea968a267644db6-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-24T16:44:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=652#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=652\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=652#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/2237ffc85d143309dea968a267644db6-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/2237ffc85d143309dea968a267644db6-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"FBI director Kash Patel watches with Alexis Wilkins at UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 15, 2026, in Washington. 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