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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump's allies and former officials are really upset about Taylor Swift
Donald Trump's former administration officials and other allies are extremely upset about Taylor Swift and her political opinions. Trump himself has had disputes with Swift. He posted a lot of supportive content about her until she came after him in 2018, prompting him to say he likes her music less than before.
But now, his surrogates seem to be doing the attacking. Far-right commentator Jack Posobiec, whose content has been shared by the former president, responded to Time Magazine posting early Wednesday that Swift had been named the 2023 person of the year. He said the singer's "girlboss psyop has been fully activated."
He then went on to attack her boyfriend. "From her hand-selected vaccine shill boyfriend to her DINK lifestyle to her upcoming 2024 voter operation for Democrats on abortion rights Its all coming," Posobiec wrote on Wednesday.
Jeff Clark, an attorney in Trump's former administration as well as a co-defendant in the criminal case out of Fulton County, Georgia, reposted Posobiec's comment about Swift's so-called "Girlboss psyop." Clark blamed society and "culture." "This is what happens when we cede culture to the Left. Brainless youth raising themselves on Taylor Swifts saccharine bland music and that washing over into the serious world of politics," he wrote Wednesday.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-swift-feud/
The real reason for all the Trumpy whining:

Deuxcents
(26,913 posts)Getting young people interested by educating them and offering to help register them so they can participate in their right to vote is a big concern for the brainless youth who enjoy Taylor Swift and her music because they might just learn about politics. To top it off, she is now Times Person of the Year so the next best thing is to attack her saccharine bland music, her boyfriend, and her DINK lifestyle Im sure Miss Swift is concerned about these idiots and will no doubt continue to live her life the way she wants and enjoy all their whining.
onenote
(46,139 posts)dchill
(42,660 posts)Lonestarblue
(13,477 posts)Most women, especially white ones, stayed at home having babies and voted how their husbands told them to vote. Black and brown people had few rights and were consigned to menial jobs, and, most importantly, white men ruled the world. Ah, the good old days.
The Roux Comes First
(2,278 posts)Actually I doubt those stay-at-homes often voted, but I'd be intrigued to see data.
dchill
(42,660 posts)Wouldn't it be great if that were true? Kinda seems like it's working on Trump!
maxrandb
(17,425 posts)Would be a great name for a rock band.
Probatim
(3,285 posts)A giant eff off to those trolls.
WhiteTara
(31,260 posts)I like the sound of it. I'll leave a potato in return.
ZonkerHarris
(25,577 posts)lostnfound
(17,520 posts)They dont have a coalition without repeatedly harping on trigger points and then pretending that they all link together.
From her hand-selected vaccine shill boyfriend -> this is WHY they taught so many to be angry and fearful about the vaccine. I have friends ON THE LEFT who listen to the RFK Jr. crap and other anti-vax fear-mongering. It appeals to fear of government mandates a powerful psychological COMPLEX. I have relatives on the right who were taught to fear it and be angry by circulating right wing propaganda memes.
to her DINK lifestyle . Your identity is a traditional mom homeschooling several kids and a boring, totally restrictive life style and youre proud of who you are because its the only way you mentally survive without an ounce of freedom in your days? Like the reacher rails against sinful women and tells you that you were made to make babies as the good lord intended (and dont resent your husband, be subservient to him, because anything else is too complicated)
to her upcoming 2024 voter operation for Democrats on abortion rights A double whammy voter OPERATION THRY STOLE THE ELECTION, THEM VOTERS! Sneaky baby-killers!
Its all coming," Posobiec wrote on Wednesday. ALL ITS ALL COMING, nefarious voter-plotting baby killing untrapped-women trying to give us the JAB and steal OUR elections!!
When they say YEAH! to one thing, they have them.
Response to Tom of Temecula (Original post)
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ExWhoDoesntCare
(4,741 posts)That's why I'm wondering what the bloody hell DINK means?
Skittles
(171,704 posts)Old Crank
(7,073 posts)Came from the 90s when describing marriages of 2 professional people.
GuppyGal
(1,748 posts)Skittles
(171,704 posts)anyone helping to increase voting will be a target
Cha
(319,067 posts)There's a Wonderful Story about her life in Time Mag where she got Person of the Year!
Roy Rolling
(7,632 posts)Right-wing snowflakes cant stop snowflaking.
The real irony of their messaging is that its all projection. Nobody used the insult snowflake until they all got the MAGA talking points, and then showed us by their example.
quakerboy
(14,864 posts)Pretty sure that the DI part is utterly irrelevant to TSwifts life at this point.
Maybe they are also salty that she actually makes money and is rich, while his finances are about as solid as a bowl of pea ridden Jello.
jcgoldie
(12,046 posts)WTF these people are just morons.
Hugin
(37,847 posts)Jack, the last millennium is calling for you, Dude!
jcgoldie
(12,046 posts)Hey Taylor if you quit your job maybe Travis Kelce the vaccine guy will buy you a house, you can have a bunch a kids and stay home and pack their lunches...
yardwork
(69,364 posts)It doesn't compute for them. Her boyfriend MUST be supporting her.
Old Crank
(7,073 posts)For female professionals.
Never heard the term 'boyboss' outside of dominatrix circles....
Tommy Carcetti
(44,498 posts)Takket
(23,714 posts)IT
IS
A
CULT
they only psyop going on is them using ANY issue as a way to tear down anyone other than drumpf. Everything in their world is about promoting and defending the leader of their cult.
Cosmocat
(15,424 posts)In reality there could not be a more accurate description of country music.
tanyev
(49,288 posts)I'll just settle in on the couch with a big tub of popcorn and watch how that goes for them.

ificandream
(11,837 posts)They put together obscure word salads (which send fellow magas to the dictionary) in order to get a point across. I hope they have a lot of diapers for all the crybabying they do.
TSExile
(3,363 posts)From all accounts, she is generous with her staff, kind to her fans and takes being a role model seriously. It's refreshing. In short, she is everything these bullies are not...and I am here for it!!!
EarlG
(23,631 posts)and that is Posobiecs criticism of Swift for having a hand-selected boyfriend. What?
A woman? Making choices about who her romantic partner should be? Inconceivable!
Scratch the surface of a Trumper and underneath theres an incel.
Swede
(39,491 posts)Unforgivable to the cult.
Tom of Temecula
(1,632 posts)A couple of years old, but here it is anyway.
SPLC INVESTIGATION: FAR-RIGHT OANN ANCHOR JACK POSOBIECS RISE TIED TO WHITE SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT
Far-right commentator Jack Posobiec is a current host on One America News Network (OANN), an information network widely known to distort facts and which has been embraced by President Trump. This investigation has found that Posobiec a Trump favorite has collaborated with white supremacists, neo-fascists and antisemites for years, while producing propaganda that Trump and his inner circle have publicly celebrated.
Jack Posobiecs extensive ties to white supremacists should serve as a wake-up call for anyone who hasnt made the connection between Trumps MAGA movement and hate, said Michael Edison Hayden, the SPLC senior investigative reporter who uncovered the story about Posobiec and his ties to white supremacy and the White House.
https://www.splcenter.org/splc-investigation-far-right-oann-anchor-jack-posobiecs-rise-tied-white-supremacist-movement
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,896 posts)They are almost 11 and 13.
They love her music too. I will do an aside and let them know she stands for GOOD things.
This summer, she did 2 concerts at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, I read she made a sizable donation to Channel One Food Bank in Rochester. She also gave her concert staff HUGE bonuses at the end of the US Tour as well.
Taylor Swift will be an EXCELLENT asset to the Democrats as far as young voters are concerned about issues important to them. That has to have MAGAts concerned. So they attack her. I also like her Boyfriend, Travis Kelce.
FalloutShelter
(14,463 posts)Adore her too.
edisdead
(3,396 posts)What kind of a fucked up brain comes up with such bullshit?
Zambero
(9,990 posts)They have a firm lock on Roseanne and Kid Rock. Did I forget to mention Ted "Poopypants" Nugent? What more could they possibly want??
getagrip_already
(17,802 posts)With a straight face?
Watch any one tiny campaign speach, any one, and tell me the Republicans are serious people.
Sheesh. I've seen more gravitas in middle school debate clubs than I've seen come out of the gop lately.
Let the swifties have their due. They seem like good people to me.
niyad
(132,440 posts)Tom of Temecula
(1,632 posts)Taylor Swift Named Times Person of the Year, Tells Her Enemies: Trash Takes Itself Out
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/taylor-swift-time-interview-travis-kelce-kanye-west-scooter-braun-1235713420/
lonely bird
(2,941 posts)Ms. Swifts saccharine bland music? As compared to the crap put out by Ted Pantload Nugent?
Jeffrey Clark talking about the serious world of politics? Lets ask George Anthony Devolder Santos and that.
Johnny2X2X
(24,206 posts)She's as big of a pop star as has ever existed. Probably has eclipsed Michael Jackson and is on par with Beatlemania. There is no one in pop culture right now that approaches her influence. Her getting millions of young people to the polls is such a massive X factor that it's hard to quantify. Could she shift the vote by 5 million voters? More?
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,782 posts)along with all their other "celebrity" supporters......:
Charlton Heston..................
Chuck Norris..................
Steven Seagal..................
Just to name few.
twodogsbarking
(18,777 posts)TSExile
(3,363 posts)texasfiddler
(2,199 posts)world wide wally
(21,836 posts)So, there, Magats.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(135,697 posts)Need more people to piss off the Repukes.
TSExile
(3,363 posts)...if she was a man?
Attilatheblond
(8,876 posts)so your point is taken
But I wonder if it has more to do with the fact that she gets young people to register to vote that has them all in a tizzy about her getting more publicity.
TSExile
(3,363 posts)...as I was referencing TS's song "The Man". But yeah, I can smell the misogyny from here...not to mention the jealousy!!
Collimator
(2,118 posts)Who will win?
My money is on the Swifties because they are younger and less likely to stroke out or have heart attacks. Also, I think there are more of them. Their mindsets, attitudes, social views, etc. are in sync with the future, not some glossed over notion of the "good and proper" past.
Also, the object of their devotion at least offers genuine entertainment in exchange for their money. Trump just delivers steady adrenaline doses of outrage to his followers which will eventually lead to those strokes and heart attacks mentioned above. He does enjoy taking their money, though.
And speaking of enjoying things, finding joy in an artist's music has to be more sustainable than sucking on the rotting lemons of victimhood. The MAGA tribe are dinosaurs--big and loud and stompy. They think that they rule the earth, but the comet has already hit the ground on some other part of the world. Their denial won't stop the change that is transforming the world.
Oh, and if the Swifties and the BTS Army and the BeyHive come out against Trump, the guy is done.
AllaN01Bear
(29,486 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,850 posts)than the tears of MAGA.
They're just bitter bc at one point they thought she was "one of theirs."
JanMichael
(25,725 posts)Trying to get one of their fuckhead psychopaths all riled up so it goes over the edge and tries to do something about the GirlBoss.
I seriously believe that is the intent of these types of campaigns. I don't think it used to be that way but I think it is now.