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The morning after his first presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump turned to friendly territory by calling into Fox & Friends. But co-host Steve Doocy still had a question for Trump that he probably wouldn’t like: Did he hear about Taylor Swift endorsing Harris?

Almost immediately following the end of the debate on Tuesday, Swift posted her endorsement of Harris on Instagram, imploring her followers to do their own research and vote; she endorsed President Joe Biden in 2020. She also cited the faked AI images of her that she was supporting Trump, which Trump and his campaign shared.

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[–] dhork 179 points 1 month ago (4 children)

She seems to always endorse a Democrat. And she’ll probably pay a price for it at the, in the marketplace.

Doubtful

[–] NineMileTower 88 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wiping her eyes with hundred dollar bills on her private jet.

[–] cm0002 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Screaming into her cash stuffed pillow rn lol

[–] draneceusrex 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Hey! That's the cat's pillow!

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[–] Mog_fanatic 20 points 1 month ago

I dunno man. She barely broke a billion dollars on the eras tour after Biden. Surely this will be the one to completely ruin her.

[–] mercano 16 points 1 month ago

It doesn’t even matter. Even if Taylor Swift never makes another dollar, she’s still set for life.

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[–] ryry1985 128 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Fucking clickbait title... He said she would pay IN THE MARKETPLACE. It makes it sound like he's actually threatening her.

If her MAGA fans don't like her endorsements that much, they would have stopped supporting her when she endorsed Biden last time.

Also, why do conservatives claim to hate cancel culture but embrace it when anyone opposes them?

[–] TexasDrunk 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"That's a boycott, not cancelling someone! It's completely different!"

--Actual response I got to that question a few years ago.

[–] AngryCommieKender 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Was that their response about The ~~dixie~~ Chicks?

[–] Passerby6497 15 points 1 month ago

"That was 20 years ago, who even remembers."

[–] Ensign_Crab 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fucking clickbait title… He said she would pay IN THE MARKETPLACE.

Swifties got mad when Tool unseated her at number 1 IN THE MARKETPLACE. I doubt very much that Swifties are gonna care about the distinction.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Yeah but the title makes it sound like it was a threat, rather than just a statement that she is going to lose money as a result of her statement.

Trump is garbage, but the title is garbage too.

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[–] [email protected] 119 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

everyone on r/conservative are losing their tiny little minds trying to understand why Swift would endorse a candidate who is promising to take more taxes from her. it's like they literally can't comprehend being a decent person who cares about and supports her country and fellow human beings, so it MUST be a conspiracy.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago

Besides, what's the point of having "fuck you" money if you never say "fuck you"?

[–] barsquid 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These dimwits have so much information available about WWII and still cannot figure out why it is a bad idea electing a bigoted authoritarian wannabe who already did a little insurrection.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

No, you misunderstand. Those dinwits want the US to turn into an authoritarian dictatorship

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I wouldn’t try to paint Swift as a decent person

But economically, the stability that Harris provides is better for the rich than the tax cuts Trump promises

And market predictions back that up

[–] Seasm0ke 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not a Swiftie by any means but I do remember hearing she paid out fat bonuses to every employee on her tour the other year and it made me think better of her

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[–] Argonne 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

She's decent for a filthy rich person

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[–] Ghostalmedia 74 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If Trump wants to start canceling musicians that don’t support him, then maybe he should stop playing all their music at his rallies

[–] kautau 41 points 1 month ago

Or creating AI generated images of said artists pretending that they are supporting him

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[–] Burn_The_Right 60 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

She seems to always endorse a Democrat. And she’ll probably pay a price for it at the, in the marketplace.

If she always does this, why would she "pay the price" this time and not the previous times?

Conservatives are not serious people. They are profoundly unintelligent, dangerous authoritarians who lack even basic humanity.

[–] Ghostalmedia 58 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Trump: Well, I actually like Mrs., I actually like Mrs. Mahomes much better if you want to know the truth. She’s a big Trump fan. I was not a Taylor Swift, and it was just a question of time. She couldn’t, you couldn’t possibly endorse Biden. You look at Biden, you couldn’t possibly endorse him. But she’s a very liberal person. She seems to always endorse a Democrat. And she’ll probably pay a price for it at the, in the marketplace. But no, I like Brittany. I think Brittany is great. Brittany got a lot of news last week. She’s a big, she’s a big MAGA fan. That’s the one I like much better than Taylor Swift.

Ramble much?

[–] AreaKode 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hahaha! Now Mahomes is going to have to release a statement denying this, and very likely endorsing Harris in the process. This guy just cannot shut his mouth.

[–] themeatbridge 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not likely. Brittany Mahomes is a Maga moron and a shitty person.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was not a Taylor Swift, and it was just a question of time.

Wise words.

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[–] dirthawker0 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just wait till he realizes Biden is not running for president.

[–] Ghostalmedia 9 points 1 month ago

And just wait until he realizes that Americans care more about Taylor Swift than one of her boyfriend’s exes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

What's not to understand? He's not a Taylor Swift, and he still thinks he's running against Biden.

[–] NineMileTower 9 points 1 month ago

Wait until Trump finds out she played soccer and calls her either gay or a Marxist because of it.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Lmao he’s gonna go after the swifties now? One of the most devoted fan bases of a musical artist of all time?

That’s a bold move, cotton. Let’s see how it plays out.

[–] ours 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could be worst. Like attacking a K Pop band.

[–] AngryCommieKender 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I would LOVE to see him attack BTS, and have to face the Swiftie Brigade combined with the BTS Stan Army.

They'd end up DDOSing both Twitter and Truth Social

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Most websites are not equipped to handle the crush of the k-pop stans. I've been on the receiving end of one professionally and it took down our entire environment before we ever had a chance to tell Cloudflare to buckle the fuck up.

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[–] NineMileTower 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

She could lose 10 million listeners (she won't) and still have 85 million listeners on Spotify alone.

[–] irish_link 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

You’re right she won’t but more importantly this may actually cause a lot of kids to confront the “me vs parents” view they have lived with. (Edit - “me vs parents” = my views vs what my parents say and think)

My dad always says “this” about democrats and how republicans are right because of “that”.

This will hopefully cause people to think of Swift is endorsing her then I should look into why. There are plenty of people who don’t pay attention to politics not because they are intentionally absent from it, but because it’s just not in the realm of consciousness. This may change that.

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[–] cabron_offsets 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’m beginning to think the orange man is fucked. Everyone, find 5 people to go with you to the polls.

[–] Cadeillac 26 points 1 month ago (8 children)

5 people to go with you to the polls

Rookie numbers. I heard some people are bringing in entire busses of immigrants to vote

/s

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

You're gonna need a lot of pets to feed a whole bus load of immigrants!

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[–] simplejack 29 points 1 month ago

Host: “they have Taylor Swift”

Trump: “oh yeah, we have the ex wife of someone she’s dated”

[–] Suavevillain 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump really said she is going to lose the racist crowd for this lol. There isn't a day when he isn't attacking someone or making an excuse?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

To be perfectly honest I think she herself would chalk that up as a net win.

[–] JeeBaiChow 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Her lawyers are probably better than his. And her money too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And some of her money are now her lawyer's money, which is always good for your relationship with the lawyers...

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Stochastic Terrorism

Noun

the public demonization of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted.
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

One of those swifties gonna pop a bitch

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure Trump will be the one that pays

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Oof. Don threatened Swift... Campaign TOD 0800CST 9/11.

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