“F you, Taylor Swift!” shouted Megyn Kelly, “and f all of the people who want to see these children have body parts chopped off.”
For those not fluent in Republican crazy-speak, Kelly’s meltdown was triggered by Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris the night before, barely one hour after Trump all but face-planted on the debate stage. Kelly was especially triggered by Swift highlighting her appreciation for vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s support of LGBTQ+ rights.
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Other right-wing commentators, like Ben Shapiro, took another approach: making fun of Swifties. “Note: if you vote for a particular candidate because your favorite singer is doing so, please don’t vote. You are too stupid to vote,” wrote Shapiro on X. Meanwhile, Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, threatened to impregnate her.
I must admit that I don’t get, why it’s such a big deal, that Taylor Swift supports Harris. But seeing the meltdown of the right wing grifters does put a smile on my face.
She has 284 MILLION followers. And the Swifties are also like a cult. Granted a more sensible one. But people will support her through anything. And many of those supporters are gen z and just entered the voting pool. The GOP does not want a huge influx of voters.
I’ve seen some graphs / extrapolations where if young voters (18-24) voted at the same rate as older voters (55+), Harris would win by a pretty sizable margin.
That almost never happens, but Swift has a huge influence on young voter turnout.
I don’t know how much more sensible of a cult they are, honestly. It’s hard not to see the merit in Ben Shapiro’s statement, even though I absolutely hate that little rat. Still, at least this cult of personality is actually good for democracy, and is against Trump.
As long as they aren’t committing treason for her. The bar has been set pretty low lol
No, it’s still pretty hard to see any merit in Shapiro’s comment. Instead of the singers opinion to vote for an actual politician trying to help, he (a TV spokesperson) wants to get you to vote for a TV personality.
Maybe if he wasn’t trying to elect the wannabe dictator he would have some merit, but because he wants to elect the wannabe dictator he doesn’t.
There is no merit to Shapiros statement because he is voting for Trump. Anyone doing that forfeits their right to call anybody else stupid.
Don’t miss the reality of what he’s saying here. He’s not saying that you should make your own decision about who to vote for, he’s just saying that you shouldn’t listen to her.
He still wants you to listen to him, and vote in lock-step with whatever he spews out.
I have a good friend that is a Swifty, they are basically another uber fandom with actual irl clout. Apparently she brought over a quarter million potential signups through this.
She used to be a Country Music darling, and a lot of right-wing Country people still feel like they own her like back when they had her as an underage sex symbol.
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Not just her following, but there is a history where MAGA had a fantasy that Taylor Swift supported them
Her posting that link got something like 400k people to register to vote. That is not insignificant. I hate the news always discussing celebrity opinions on politics. However, this specific time, something happened that can actually have an impact. So we shall see.