President Biden conned right-wing conspiracy theorists who believe Taylor Swift’s relationship with Travis Kelce was a ploy to help propel Democrats to re-election this year with a one-sentence tweet following the Kansas City Chiefs’ dramatic Super Bowl victory Sunday.
Biden posted, “Just like we painted it” on X and Instagram along with an image of the “Dark Brandon” meme — a photo of the president with a red laser for eyes — referring to a far-out-there conspiracy that had been brewing before Super Bowl LVIII.
Online commentators, mostly on the far right, have been peddling the tinfoil hat theory that the Super Bowl matchup has been rigged — along with which team will win it — so Swift, who they claim has a fake relationship with Kelce, will be as popular as ever to support Biden for the White House.
Biden, 81, and his campaign team also poked fun at conspiracy theorists before the inauguration in a TikTok video.
A staffer asked Biden in the video if the commander-in-chief was “slyly planning” so the Chiefs could make the Super Bowl or if the Chiefs were just a good team. Biden replied: “I’d be in trouble if I told you that” before the clip cut to the “Dark Brandon” meme again.
The meme originated by rights as a play on the anti-Biden slogan “Let’s Go Brandon,” but has since been reclaimed by Democrats and embraced by the president’s campaign, which used it to playfully poke fun at the NFL-Swift conspiracy on Sunday.
“Taylor is coming. He, nor the NFL gave up the money,” Donald Trump spokesman Mike Crispi previously claimed on X. “He supported Biden. It’s rigged. You are the pawn.”
Travis Kelce celebrates with partner Taylor Swift after the Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl LVIII. Reuters
The megastar endorsed Biden when he ran for the White House in 2020 over then-President Donald Trump. The two men are expected to face off again this year.
Trump, 77, complained in a Truth Social post shortly before the big game that it would be “disloyal” for the “Cruel Summer” singer to give words to Biden because the Republican’s policies helped Swift and other artists more when he was in the Oval Office .
“There is no way he can support Crooked Joe Biden, the worst and most corrupt President in our Nation’s History, and be disloyal to the man who made him so much money,” Trump wrote.
Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce celebrates their overtime victory during the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game on Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. AP
Swift was in Las Vegas to watch her boyfriend and the Chiefs top the San Francisco 49ers in a thrilling 25-22 overtime win.
The pair, both 34, sealed victory with a kiss on the field at Allegiant Stadium in a fairytale.
Categories: Trending
Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
