This type of attitude was going to surface sooner or later in the idols of America. Now that it has, America will slip more rapidly from those who are fed up with government. 
Very sad to witness, but in many respects he is absolutely correct and has a right if not a duty to say it.

At the conclusion of the interview, the commentators said that they disavow Williams comments.

Because of Williams comments, ESPN pulled the intro segment to Monday Night Football that features Williams song All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Monday Night and released the following statement: While Hank Williams, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonights telecast.