MAGA right-wing loyalists have reportedly been discussing strategy to attack the global pop artist if she reendorses incumbent president Joe Biden for the upcoming election.
- Jan 31, 2024
AceShowbiz - Donald Trump and his allies have apparently prepared themselves for an imaginary war against Taylor Swift. As they get wary of the singer's potential endorsement for Joe Biden, MAGA right-wing loyalists have allegedly been discussing strategy to attack the pop superstar should she reendorse the incumbent president for the upcoming election.
Citing three people familiar with the matter, Rolling Stone reports that Trump aides working on his campaign, his longtime allies in right-wing media and an array of outside advisers to the ex-president have long predicted that Swift will eventually endorse Biden as she did in 2020. While the Grammy winner has not officially endorsed Biden's 2024 campaign, Trump's allies are allegedly plotting to declare a "holy war" against the singer.
In fact, Trump has been fighting his private battle of egos with Swift. The former president privately claimed that he is "more popular" than the 34-year-old songwriter and that he has more committed fans than she does, a source close to Trump claims. The source spills that the 77-year-old also told some confidants it "obviously" made no sense that was not named TIME's magazine 2023 Person of the Year, an honor that went to Swift in last December.
Despite their alleged behind-the-scenes discussion, Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller shrugged off the prospect of a Swift endorsement for Biden. "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.
Meanwhile, Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, who has acted as an informal political adviser to Trump, including during his presidency, warned Swift to stay out of 2024. "Don't get involved. Don't get involved in politics; we don't want to see you there," she 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, he's gonna go for it."
Former GOP presidential hopeful and current Trump hype man Vivek Ramaswamy went as far as sharing a conspiracy theory that the upcoming Super Bowl is rigged to boost Biden following the Kansas City Chiefs' win. He claimed that unnamed forces would rig the Super Bowl to give the as-yet nonexistent endorsement from the "artificially culturally propped-up couple" increased visibility.
Swift is expected to attend the Super Bowl LVIII to support her boyfriend Travis Kelce, who will play with his team Chiefs against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, February 11.
The news of Trump allies' planned attacks on Swift arrive after The New York Times reported on Monday, January 29 that Swift is a key name on Biden aides' "wish lists of potential surrogates." His team is reportedly brainstorming on ways to get to officially sign her name on the Biden ticket heading into the November election.
One of the ideas is allegedly sending Biden to one of Swift's "Eras" tour stops. At the moment, however, this is very unlikely as the "Anti-Hero" songstress will start the international leg of her tour in February and will not return stateside until the fall, which would be too late.
