Super Bowl rigged for Biden? Taylor Swift love affair sparks Republican conspiracy theory mania
- Right-wingers are suggesting that the pop superstar’s romance with NFL player Travis Kelce is part of a plot to help the US president get re-elected
- Swift – who is openly liberal and against Trump – was recently targeted by pornographic deepfake images that got millions of views on X
You knew Taylor Swift was influential, but Republicans are now crediting the singer with James-Bond-villain-level powers in a wacky conspiracy theory claiming the singer’s romance with NFL star Travis Kelce is really a plot to rig the Super Bowl and get US President Joe Biden re-elected.
The relationship between the pop powerhouse and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end has gripped the nation for weeks, with television cameras repeatedly panning from the field during the team’s surging NFL season to a cheering Swift in the stands.
Fascination peaked this weekend when the Chiefs defeated the Baltimore Ravens to book their berth in February’s Super Bowl and, in the midst of celebrations, Swift descended onto the field to kiss Kelce, fresh from playing one of the best games of his life.
Fairy tale? Well, not for Republicans.
Right-wingers – who, like their leader Donald Trump, increasingly see conspiracy theories under every stone – detected not a love story but a deep-state psychological operation against the American people and the November presidential election.