If Donald Trump makes his way onto the general election ballot this year, the odds are he’ll lose the popular vote, just like he did in 2016 and 2020. His only hope would be winning enough key swing states to win in the Electoral College.
To that end, the GOP – devoid of any real legislative accomplishments and showing itself every day to be a dysfunctional party with no interest in governing and in complete subservience to the twice-impeached, four-time indicted ex-president – turns to its some of its favorite ploys: conspiracy theories, attacking so-called “elites,” and misogamy,
They want to gin up their MAGA base to hate someone like Swift – Kelce not so much, after all he is a man, he plays football, and to my knowledge he’s never chosen to kneel during the national anthem. They want their voters and anyone else who’ll listen to see Swift as another Democratic tool to take away their guns, their “liberty,” their “freedom,” their way of life, and whatever else they can throw at the wall to see if it sticks.
Trump’s rabid base would drink turpentine if they thought it was something that real patriots/real Americans/real men did, so it’s no surprise that some of the loudest voices on the Right are demonizing a woman – a woman, mind you – for no good reason.
Republicans are also deathly afraid of Swift’s popularity and her legion of fans and followers. What if she endorses Biden? The party of voter suppression will lapse into uncontrolled hysteria at the thought. Better to start discrediting her now.
True, endorsements from famous people don’t always mean victory, but since Swift urged her fans on Instagram in September to register and vote, 35,000 people responded.
The truth is I don’t care much about Swift or Kelce, beyond hoping that the latter continues to help my team win. That doesn’t mean I dislike them. They seem nice enough. It’s just that they have no real effect on my life, so while I wish them well there’s really no reason for me to dwell on either of them.
That’s especially true since another goal of the Right’s Swiftmania is to own the libs. To say ridiculous, incendiary things to try to get a response.
This kind of stupidity really deserves only one answer.
Actually, as a Chiefs fan, I’m ecstatic to hear that the deep state has fixed the Super Bowl so the Chiefs will win. Now I can relax and not worry about the outcome.
Thanks Obama.
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