Taylor Swift’s seemingly endless stardom, catapulted by her new relationship with Super Bowl-bound tight end Travis Kelce, has spawned conspiracy theories about how the world’s biggest pop star could influence the 2024 presidential election.
Theories, mostly spread by the alt-right, include accusations that Swift and Kelce’s romance is a government-manufactured psychological operation to boost the NFL’s ratings or amass an even larger fan base sooner. of his support for President Biden.
“I wonder who will win the Super Bowl next month,” Vivek Ramaswamy, the failed Republican presidential candidate and Trump supporter, posted on social media Monday after the Kansas City Chiefs advanced to the championship for the fourth time in five years.
“And I wonder if this fall there will be a major presidential endorsement coming from an artificially culturally supported couple,” he added.
Taylor Swift endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 election. AP Some conservatives believe Swift and Kelce have an artificial relationship for NFL ratings. fake images
Donald Trump spokesman Mike Crispi claimed after the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory on Sunday that the NFL was “rigged” in a nefarious effort to spread “Democratic propaganda” to the masses.
“Everyone who thinks Taylor Swift *won’t* heroically parachute into the Super Bowl stadium, straight from her Japan tour plane… are absolute SHEEP,” he said. published in X.
“Taylor is coming. Neither she nor the NFL are passing up the money,” she continued. “She is endorsing Biden. He is rigged. You are the pawn.”
Swift has also been criticized by Trump lawyer Alina Habba, conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec and other conservative pundits such as Laura Loomer and Charlie Kirk.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce started dating last year. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con Swift has become a big part of the Super Bowl-bound team’s culture since she and Kelce started dating. Robert Sabo for the NY Post
Kirk claimed in November that Swift would “run for president” on the abortion issue: “All the Swifties want is a quick abortion,” he said.
The “Shake it Off” singer has been on pundits’ radar since September, when she urged her 280 million Instagram followers to register to vote, prompting an almost immediate increase of 35,000 registrations.
The pop star has since become a billionaire thanks to record ticket sales for her Eras world tour, and was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year in December.
Since Swift began dating Kelce last year, her frequent on-camera appearances during Chiefs games have outraged some of the NFL’s larger, conservative-leaning fans who feel it distracts from the game.
Kelce has also faced criticism after he endorsed Pfizer’s COVID vaccine, sparking a war of words with New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who nicknamed Kelce “Mr. Pfizer.”
Kelce also appeared in a Bud Light ad following his disastrous partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Some critics have complained that the NFL devotes too much camera time to Swift during games. AP Swift became a billionaire after selling out her Eras tour. SARAH YENESEL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Swift’s appearances have had a real impact on sales of NFL merchandise, with around 16% of American shoppers admitting that the pop star influenced them to spend money on football ahead of the Super Bowl, according to a recent survey.
Members of Generation Z were the most likely to say that Swift influenced their football-related card charges, LendingTree reported, and 39% of the generation’s 11- to 26-year-olds admitted that Swift influenced them. convinced to buy a soccer ball.
Swift has largely stayed out of politics, but caught the attention of then-President Donald Trump in 2018 when she endorsed Democrat Phil Bredesen against Republican Marsha Blackburn in Tennessee, where Swift owns two homes.
“I’m sure Taylor Swift has nothing or knows nothing about her,” Trump said in response at the time. “And let’s say I like Taylor’s music about 25 percent less now, okay?”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (left) said she could not comment on a Swift-Biden team-up for the election. AP Swift and Kelce have drawn the ire of conservatives since the pair became a couple. Corey Sipkin for the New York Post
Swift ultimately endorsed President Biden in the 2020 election.
Donald Trump’s campaign staff are reportedly discussing strategies for a possible Swift endorsement of Biden in the upcoming election, sources close to the former president told Rolling Stone.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday she could not answer when asked if Swift would partner with Biden for the sitting president’s 2024 campaign, citing federal law.
“As you know, there’s something called the Hatch Act, so I certainly can’t talk about anything related to 2024 in the upcoming election,” Jean-Pierre told CNN’s John Berman in response to rumors that Biden could appear in Swift. Tour of the eras.
Notably, she did not deny the rumors.
The Hatch Act of 1939 prohibits executive branch employees from using “official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election.”
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