Psaki Ridicules 'MAGA Meltdown' Over Taylor Swift: ‘Are You All OK?’

[mister_coffee]

Unfortunately because our news media is too concerned about losing advertising revenues to broadcast any uncomfortable truths, sometimes we have to depend on comedy shows to tell us those uncomfortable truths.

Think about the function of court jesters in the middle ages. Actually the Romans, Chinese, and even the Aztecs had similar people providing amusement to the nobility.

Also, when you talk about Bozo the Clown, Jesse Waters claiming Taylor Swift is a "Pentagon asset" is right up there...

[Jingles]

Can not believe some people take what is said on these, late night entertainment/ comedy shows as news. These shows are not much more than Bozo the Clown out of costume.
Suppose SNL is a news program too?

[dorankj]

No, it just means that your ‘question’ is akin to ‘do you still beat your wife?’ A common tactic your type uses to smear your political enemies. I really don’t care what she does but don’t let that slow down your smears and scarlet letters!

[pasayten]

Ken... So your lack of answer to the jesse waters "conspiracy" diatribe indicates that you probably go along with it... but are embarrassed to say so... After all, it was from fox news!

I do think Taylor will get millions of young folks registered to vote... Hopefully they will choose to vote against the trump/maga cult if he is out of jail and still around.

[dorankj]

You guys do like your projection!

[pasayten]

[pasayten]

Ken... It was a simple question. Good grief.

[just-jim]

It doesn’t matter what I believe, you’ll just make up what I’m guilty of to cover your own biases and hypocrisies.

No one needs to ‘make up’ anything about you, Ken.

Your own statements give everyone here PLENTY of material to use!
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[dorankj]

It doesn’t matter what I believe, you’ll just make up what I’m guilty of to cover your own biases and hypocrisies.

[PAL]

This is great! These newscasters seem to be jealous. They are so absorbed with this, ha ha ha. And it is also really, really weird. I wonder how many people will write in Taylor for president?

[pasayten]

The really sad part is I have an older friend that believes everything on fox news...

Ken, you are a fan of fox news... Do you believe this conspiracy theory?

[mister_coffee]

Hear it from the horse's mouth (or the other end of the digestive tract) at about 10:50 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwFFg7oNoeo

[pasayten]

Jesse is just another carnival barker...

[mister_coffee]

Jesse Waters on Fox News is referring to Ms. Swift as a "Pentagon Asset". Sometimes it is hard to take these people seriously.

[pasayten]

Warning... I am a Swifty... And this is hilarious...

Jen Psaki Ridicules 'MAGA Meltdown' Over Taylor Swift: ‘Are You All OK?’
The MSNBC anchor summed up "super super weird" right-wing conspiracy theories and freakouts over the pop star with the perfect lyric.
By
Lee Moran
Jan 30, 2024, 02:56 AM EST

“Guys. I mean, are you all OK?” asked the former Biden White House press secretary.

“Seriously,” she added. “Take a walk, shake it off, as she would say.”

Psaki examined growing conservative outrage over Swift’s political pronouncements in recent years, from her public endorsement of Democratic candidates in the 2018 midterms to her backing of Joe Biden against former President Donald Trump in 2020.

Swift has also advocated for LGBTQ+ rights and shared her concerns following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe V. Wade, said Psaki.

But it’s “not like she’s some sort of rabid Democratic activist,” she said.

Right-wing pearl-clutching over Swift intensified amid her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and her naming as Time magazine’s 2023 “Person of the Year,” said Psaki.

Conservative commentators have cooked up conspiracy theories that Swift is an operative for the Democrats whose popularity will somehow end up handing Biden the 2024 election over likely rival Trump, who despite facing multiple criminal cases remains the Republican front-runner.

Swift has “unbelievable influence,” acknowledged Psaki. But the right is making it “super super weird” by claiming it’s some kind of intricate conspiracy, she said.