Extending a weekslong right-wing meltdown over Taylor Swift’s political preferences, former President Donald J. Trump declared on Sunday that it could be “disloyal” for Ms. Swift to endorse President Biden for re-election, on condition that Mr. Trump signed laws that made it simpler for artists to gather royalties when their songs are streamed.
“I signed and was responsible for the Music Modernization Act for Taylor Swift and all other Musical Artists,” Mr. Trump wrote on his social media platform, referring to a 2018 invoice that handed Congress with close to unanimous assist from members of each events. “Joe Biden didn’t do anything for Taylor, and never will. There’s no way she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden, the worst and most corrupt President in the History of our Country, and be disloyal to the man who made her so much money.”
“Besides that, I like her boyfriend, Travis, even though he may be a Liberal, and probably can’t stand me!” Mr. Trump added.
Ms. Swift and the aforementioned boyfriend — Travis Kelce, a decent finish for the Kansas City Chiefs, who received the Super Bowl on Sunday — have been the topic of right-wing conspiracy theories for months, since Ms. Swift urged her followers to register to vote and tens of 1000’s obliged, and since Mr. Kelce appeared in a Pfizer advert marketing campaign urging individuals to get Covid and flu vaccines.
The theories mushroomed final month as commentators speculated not solely that Ms. Swift would endorse Mr. Biden (totally believable on condition that she did so in 2020, although in no way sure) however that shadowy liberal forces had been manufacturing her and Mr. Kelce’s fame and romance with the intention to prop up Democrats and vaccines.
Ms. Swift was a family title lengthy earlier than Mr. Biden grew to become president, and earlier than Mr. Trump ran in 2016.