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The uncomplicated, dumb engine driving political false claims about Taylor Swift

A team won a football game, which is obviously part of a devious plot for Democrats to retain power via a pop star.

The iteration that attracted perhaps the most attention, though, came from former presidential candidate and Donald Trump cheerleader Vivek Ramaswamy(speaking of people who suddenly emerged in the public consciousness to polarizing effect). A lot of the responses to this broad line of argument — that the commingling of the Chiefs and Swift is somehow targeted at politics — note that it’s probably not wise for Republicans to side against the NFL. So, particularly given Trump’s insistence that the 2020 race was “rigged” by media and cultural elites … somehow, it is quite fashionable on the right to suggest the existence of intricate plans aimed at securing Democratic votes from glassy-eyed voters.

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