Current Events > Trump Allies Pledge "Holy War" Against Taylor Swift

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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/donald-trump-more-popular-taylor-swift-maga-biden-1234956829/

Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift hasnt even endorsed President Joe Biden for reelection yet. That hasnt stopped members of MAGAlands upper crust from plotting to declare as one source close to Donald Trump calls it a holy war on the pop megastar, especially if she ends up publicly backing the Democrats in the 2024 election.

According to three people familiar with the matter, Trump loyalists working on or close to the former presidents campaign, longtime Trump allies in right-wing media, and an array of outside advisers to the ex-president have long taken it as a given that Swift will eventually endorse Biden (as she did in 2020). Indeed, several of these Republicans and conservative media figures have discussed the matter with Trump over the past few months, the sources say.

While Swift has not yet issued an endorsement in the 2024 race, The New York Times reported Monday that Swift is a key name on Biden aides wish lists of potential surrogates. A potential Swift appearance at Super Bowl LVIII alongside her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, has already prompted the MAGA rights culture-war pugilists into a conspiracy-fueled froth about how this NFL season has been rigged to boost Biden.

Behind the scenes, Trump has reacted to the possibility of Biden and Swift teaming up against him this year not with alarm, but with an instant projection of ego. In recent weeks, the former president has told people in his orbit that no amount of A-list celebrity endorsements will save Biden. Trump has also privately claimed that he is more popular than Swift and that he has more committed fans than she does, a person close to Trump and another source with knowledge of the matter tell Rolling Stone.

Last month, the source close to Trump adds, the ex-president commented to some confidants that it obviously made no sense that he was not named Time magazines 2023 Person of the Year an honor that went to none other than Swift in December.

In an email to Rolling Stone, Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller shrugged off the prospect of a Swift endorsement for Trumps rival. Joe Biden might be counting on Taylor Swift to save him, but voters are looking at these sky-high inflation rates and saying, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Miller wrote.

The former president has already taken public swipes at Swift because of her endorsement of two Tennessee Democrats running during the 2018 midterms. I like Taylors music about 25 percent less now, Trump said following the pop singers statement.

Swift also blasted Trump during the 2020 election, accusing him of trying to blatantly cheat and put millions of Americans lives at risk following the Trump administrations efforts to hinder mail-in voting amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, as Trump has been having a popularity contest with Swift in his own head, others close to him including GOP operatives, some of his 2024 staff, and Trump-y media figures have been brainstorming different ways to go after Swift. Since late last year, these Trump allies have repeatedly discussed how to turn the culture-warrior dial up to 11 if she re-endorses Biden this year, the sources recount.

It would be more fuel thrown onto the culture-war fires, says an official working on the Trump reelection efforts. Another left-wing celebrity who is part of the Democrat elite telling you what to think.

Publicly, members of Trumps inner sanctum and social circle are already signaling Swifts prominent position atop their enemies list a situation that has reached fever pitch now that Swifts boyfriend will once again be playing in the Super Bowl.

On Monday, Trumps lawyer Alina Habba shared a post on social media that includes the caption: Who thinks this country needs a lot more women like Alina Habba, and a lot less like Taylor Swift? (Habba has represented Trump in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case, where he was ordered to pay $83 million.)

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro whos acted as an informal political adviser to Trump, including during his presidency warned Swift to stay out of 2024: Dont get involved. Dont get involved in politics; we dont want to see you there, the Fox host said. Joe Biden is in [a] hole with young people, he knows it. And if he thinks Taylor can get him out of that hole, hes gonna go for it.

Former GOP presidential hopeful and current Trump hype man Vivek Ramaswamy took to Twitter following the latest Chiefs playoff win to claim that unnamed forces would rig the Super Bowl to give the as-yet nonexistent endorsement from the artificially culturally propped-up couple increased visibility.

MAGA pundits have spent months fuming about Swift and her boyfriend already a hated figure for his role as a Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine spokesman.

During a rant in November about the GOPs losses across a string of state elections and abortion-related ballot initiatives, Turning Point USA founder and Trump ally Charlie Kirk warned that Swift was going to come out in the presidential election and mobilize her fans, adding that all the Swifties want is swift abortion. Fox News host and Trump buddy Jesse Watters declared Swift a potential Pentagon psyop and a front for a covert political agenda during a segment earlier this month.

Others working to put Trump back in the White House say that the liberal celebs can bring it on.

Since Biden is so weak, they need others to shore up his credibility. Wont matter [since] his disapproval is driving the race. Voters arent fools, John McLaughlin, a top pollster for Trump, says, in response to Rolling Stones questions regarding Swift. Celeb endorsements of Biden are like donating to Nikki Haley. They are a means of virtue signaling. Its like wearing a medical mask in public after Covid. Celebrities can endorse Biden, but it doesnt lower inflation, stop wars, fix the border, or lower crime. Bidens job approval still sucks. So Trump is still winning and will win.

Spokespeople for Swift and Trump did not immediately respond to Rolling Stones requests for comment on this story.

This is not a sensible timeline.

TomClark posted...

This is not a sensible timeline.

Yeah, it's several months old, but I figure it wouldn't hurt to remind people how scared Republicans are of Taylor Swift.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho1Yn1YLbwY&

This is current events not january events.

so a jihad?

Ah, a Holy War, one of which was The Crusades in which "Men of God" terrorized and slaughtered people. And as one justification said that since God didn't stop them it was his will.

So, basically, they're saying they want to commit murder.

FBI should get involved in this.

The fact that they're afraid of her is the best thing ever and probably the reason I started listening to her music.

7 months old is current now?

January 30, 2024?

They are so mad she turned out to not be the Conservative Princess that they hoped she would be

If I had to choose between the organizational skill and media savvy of teenage Swift fans versus the Republican Brains Trust that brought you JD Vance . . .

My money is on the Swifties.

Strider102 posted...

Ah, a Holy War, one of which was The Crusades in which "Men of God" terrorized and slaughtered people. And as one justification said that since God didn't stop them it was his will.

So, basically, they're saying they want to commit murder.

FBI should get involved in this.

Especially since now an actual terrorist plot against her was uncovered. FBI should look into if that plot had any connections to the GOP

War against the Swifties is not a war you want, no matter how much you think you do.

I know this is somewhat old, but I hope with all my heart that the Trump campaign openly engages with Swift and her fans. Her machine and the Swifties are way more organized than a campaign who couldnt foresee a scenario where an octogenarian would drop out of a Presidential campaign and be replaced by his Vice President (gasp).

Swift and her fans would kick that campaign around mercilessly until Election Day if they kick that hornets nest. Def. do it GOP. It would be great tactically, and would really trigger me and the rest of the libs.

Their aryan goddess hath betrayed them 1 too many times.

Now they refuse to buy front row tickets anyone, opting only for other seats.

"Sorry Taytay, but you need a lesson taught. Please don't be mad."

Zikten posted...

They are so mad she turned out to not be the Conservative Princess that they hoped she would be

I'm pretty sure that even if she'd been raised Conservative (which she wasn't), it's likely the, you know, 15+ years of right-winger slut-shaming would have turned her against them.

Right wingers not beating the weird tag with this one

She strikes me as someone who would endorse a Democrat (because the algorithm says that is more profitable for her career) but then vote Republican (because the algorithm says that is more profitable for her career)

But hey as long as she tells her fans to vote Dem then I'm all for it

They are asking her to support Harris at this point.

The_Eko posted...

She strikes me as someone who would endorse a Democrat (because the algorithm says that is more profitable for her career) but then vote Republican (because the algorithm says that is more profitable for her career)

You have no reason to think this.

You just want to, for some weird reason.

January 30, 2024

trump claiming he is more popular than swift is pure cope that even he doesn't believe. she is the biggest celebrity on the planet and probably the biggest in general since michael jackson

andel posted...

trump claiming he is more popular than swift is pure cope that even he doesn't believe. she is the biggest celebrity on the planet and probably the biggest in general since michael jackson

Trump just lied to lie.

It's not even that only his most dimwitted dullard fans will believe whatever he says.

He's addicted to lying.

andel posted...

trump claiming he is more popular than swift is pure cope that even he doesn't believe. she is the biggest celebrity on the planet and probably the biggest in general since michael jackson

Given his massive ego, i have no doubt whatsoever that he sincerely believes that he is more popular than Swift.

I didn't think Bills fans would be pushed this far.

The_Eko posted...

She strikes me as someone who would endorse a Democrat (because the algorithm says that is more profitable for her career) but then vote Republican (because the algorithm says that is more profitable for her career)

But hey as long as she tells her fans to vote Dem then I'm all for it

Sure, fam

This is so weird to me. I only know a few diehard maga people, but every single one of them is a swiftie and I don't know a single other swiftie.