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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.

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.

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[–] [email protected] 120 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Elmo basically threatened to rape her... Shitbag.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago

If only you were exaggerating... but sadly not.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I read this morning that the Swift endorsement was not choreographed with the Harris/Walz champaign. They didn't know it would happen until it did. Yet, they turned out and advertised a campaign friendship braclet within an hour. That is excellent digital marketing work.

Edited to add. They also sold out of them in an hour

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I saw the look on Tim's face as Rachael Maddow received a note on-air and read the tweet in total, live. Their absolute shit-eating grins showed total and genuine surprise. You could hear them internally screaming, "FUCKING JACKPOT!"

As to the bracelet, they knew she would endorse them at some point, I'm sure they had it ready for that eventuality.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Looks like Megan is on the Miami Diet now. I hope she knows that its a one way ticket to tumortown.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I doubt there was a big overlap of conservative Trump voters and Taylor fans, the ones complaining about her don't matter to her or her fortune in any way

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I don't know, there have been Conservatives that gave up on Rage Against the Machine and Green Day for coming out as anti-Trump.

These people do not have logical or consistent world views. They only know they are on "Team MAGA", so they might have loved Taylor Swift and not noticed any inconsistency until another Trumpet tells them we have always been at war with Eureast Asia.

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