As MAGA Nation continues to have a four-alarm meltdown a few conspiracy principle claiming the upcoming Tremendous Bowl is rigged in favor of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs as a part of an elaborate psyop involving Taylor Swift, Nikki Haley says everybody must relax.
The previous South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the U.N. is the one candidate nonetheless difficult one-term former president Donald Trump for the GOP’s presidential nomination and through a chat with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday (Feb. 1) Haley mentioned she was confounded by the proper wing’s newest phantom menace.
“I’m not going to lie. I don’t know what the obsession is,” Haley mentioned of the barrage of outlandish tales on conservative media shops equivalent to Fox Information, OAN and Newsmax wildly speculating that Swift is someway colluding with the NFL and the White Home to show the Feb. 11 Tremendous Bowl right into a glorified Pres. Biden endorsement-fest.
“Taylor Swift is allowed to have a boyfriend. Taylor Swift is an efficient artist. I’ve taken my daughter to Taylor Swift live shows earlier than,” Haley mentioned. “To have a conspiracy principle of all of that is weird. No one is aware of who she’s going to endorse, however I can’t consider that that’s overtaken our nationwide politics.”
Swift, for the document, has not endorsed anybody within the upcoming election, although she did throw her help behind Biden within the 2020 election wherein he beat Trump. In addition, the singer might or might not even make it to Tremendous Bowl LVIII to see boyfriend KC tight finish Travis Kelce tackle the San Francisco 49ers as a result of she has an Eras Tour gig in Japan the evening earlier than.
That has not stopped wildly unfounded hypothesis from at the very least one former GOP presidential candidate and avid Trump supporter Vivek Ramaswamy. The Ohio businessman lately tweeted out a suggestion that “there’s a serious presidential endorsement coming from an artificially culturally propped-up couple this fall,” in seeming reference to the frilly QAnon-like principle that Swift will steal the highlight on the most-watched TV occasion of the 12 months by asserting her help for Biden through the massive sport.
As is her wont, Haley tried to pivot from MAGA insanity to the problems she’s attempting to advertise in what most political pundits consider is a misplaced trigger effort to wrest the nomination from twice-impeached Trump. “I imply, proper now, you’ve got 60 % of American households residing paycheck to paycheck. We’ve bought a border that’s uncontrolled. We’ve bought wars taking place all over the world,” Haley mentioned. “The very last thing I actually assume we have to be fearful about is who Taylor Swift is courting and what conspiracy principle goes to have her endorsing an individual for president.”
Haley isn’t the one one throwing chilly water on the fitting’s weird obsession. NBA nice Charles Barkley slammed these complaining that Swift has “ruined” soccer. “You’re only a loser,” Sir Charles instructed CNN this week, whereas The View host Whoopi Goldberg requested “why is she triggering everyone? They’re freaking out.”
Watch video of Haley speaking Swift (on the 5:00 minute mark) right here.
