Perched In A Conspiracy Bandwagon Vivek Aims At NFL, Taylor Swift
India-West News Desk
WASHINGTON, DC – The Kansas City Chiefs are off to the 2024 Super Bowl, and tight end Travis Kelce celebrated for girlfriend Taylor Swift are together in the headlines.
Vivek Ramaswamy who has dropped out and is vociferously endorsing Donald Trump as the Republican presidential candidate might or might not have watched the game against the Baltimore Ravens but he did have a theory afterward.
He has predicted that the upcoming Super Bowl between the Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers would be rigged for the Chiefs to set the stage for Swift’s endorsement of President Biden come November. Swift had endorsed Biden in his successful run for the White House.
“I wonder who’s going to win the Super Bowl next month. And I wonder if there’s a major presidential endorsement coming from an artificially culturally propped-up couple this fall,” Ramaswamy posted to X in response to a theory by alt-right media personality Jack Posobiec.
Posobiec who had led a wild conspiracy theory that claimed Hillary Clinton was behind a child sex ring, had written, “Thinking about when Taylor Swift called out the Soros family in 2019 for buying the rights to her music and then how she came out a super liberal in 2020.”
It’s unclear whether Swift is planning to endorse Biden for a second term, though the president’s camp has expressed interest in getting the global pop star involved in its campaign. Although it is not clear what Travis Kelce’s political leanings are, both sides on social media are stretching themselves speculating.
Vijay Gupta
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Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump’s puppy, is the now the chief conspiracy promotor!!
January 30, 2024Jeet
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This is totally unacceptable from Vivek Ramaswamy and reflects badly on him to take part in this conspiracy. I wonder if he himself decided to endorse Trump after making a side deal with him for getting some benefits from him. May be he was in this election only to help Trump from the very beginning.
January 30, 2024Gideon
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A true disgrace – cunning opportunist who sold his soul to the devil.
January 30, 2024RightWing to LeftWing
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Vivek Ramaswamy is a complete idiot & joker and does have Indian common sense in his blood
January 30, 2024Dinesh
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He is the Real Deplorable
January 30, 2024Pradeep Srivastava
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The following article from thehill.com provides additional details on this topic.
The Memo: The politicization of Taylor Swift
BY NIALL STANAGE – 01/31/24 6:00 AM ET
“ A presidential race likely to be fought between two old men could be shaken up by the nation’s most famous 34-year-old woman.
Taylor Swift’s astronomical popularity and her willingness to speak up on political issues could make her a significant player in the 2024 race.
The New York Times reported Monday that President Biden’s reelection team is actively seeking Swift’s endorsement. The musician’s backing could go some way to boosting enthusiasm for the 81-year-old Biden, especially among young voters.
Meanwhile, conservative annoyance is rising, fueled by some combination of Swift’s perceived social liberalism, her past criticisms of former President Trump, her outspokenness about gender-related double standards and her cultural ubiquity.
This conservative ire now burns hot enough to fuel conspiracy theories that are far unmoored from reality.
Swift’s romance with Travis Kelce, tight end of the Kansas City Chiefs, has driven the right to new heights of apoplexy as the Super Bowl looms. Kelce’s Chiefs will be pitted against the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 11.
Vivek Ramaswamy, the former presidential candidate, is among those who are implying that the Super Bowl is rigged to give Swift more prominence for an eventual Biden endorsement. “
“ There is no evidence the Super Bowl is rigged. There is also no evidence that Swift — whose “Eras” tour is the first in history to gross more than $1 billion — requires any more prominence than she has already earned for herself.
“Conservatives used to talk about Trump Derangement Syndrome, and now I think we have Taylor Derangement Syndrome,” Chris Willman, senior music writer and chief music critic at Variety, told this column.
“It’s a real thing. People think she is destroying the NFL and the U.S. government at the same time — quite an accomplishment,” Willman added dryly.
There’s no mistaking the feverishness of the anti-Swift sentiment on the right in recent days.
Newsmax host Greg Kelly complained of “idolatry” toward Swift from her fans, adding, “If you look it up in the Bible, it’s a sin.”
One America News host Alison Steinberg suggested Swift is being “owned by [George] Soros,” a longtime hate figure on the right because of his support for liberal causes.
Somewhat more mildly, Fox News’s Jeanine Pirro on Monday during an appearance on “The Five” urged Swift not to “get involved in politics” because of its capacity to “alienate your fans.”
There is not much evidence to suggest Swift will heed such advice.….”
February 1, 2024