Poll: 1 in 3 Republicans believe Taylor Swift election conspiracy

Right-wing misinformation is just as pervasive as it was in 2020. Help us fight back. [Courier]( New Poll: 1 in 5 Americans, 1 in 3 Republicans believe Taylor Swift election conspiracy - SOURCE: Monmouth, 2/14/23 Friend, It’s official: the Chiefs are Super Bowl winners, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are the biggest power couple of 2024, and, according to one of the most accurate pollsters in the country, a third of Republicans think Swift and Kelce’s relationship is a government conspiracy to help Biden win re-election later this year. 🤦 Of course, the claim has absolutely zero basis in reality. But the sheer speed with which this bananas theory became a fact for 60 million Americans says a lot about right-wing propaganda and what we’re up against in the 2024 election. [In a moment, we’ll explain how the Swift story went from the stuff of Rom-Com to Qanon, but if you already know you’re ready to support our mission of stopping the spread of right-wing conspiracies, can you give $13 now?]( The roots of the Chiefs/Biden conspiracy started last year when a former running back for the Houston Texans made a joke on a podcast that the NFL was scripted. Then, in the fall, right-wing media personalities like Megyn Kelly and Charlie Kirk criticized Travis Kelce for appearing in a Pfizer ad promoting COVID-19 vaccinations. Those attacks (and Kelce’s ad for Bud Light) led to a surge in online hate towards the couple from right-wing personalities and online influencers on “X” and TikTok. By the time the Super Bowl kicked off last Sunday, Swift/Biden/NFL conspiracy theories were running wild through right-wing media and social media. Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called Swift a “Pentagon asset.” Leaders in the QAnon movement (including the actual guy who organized the “stop the steal” rally that led to January 6th) used a lack of grass stains on the players' jerseys to argue that the Super Bowl was rigged. And the most important part of all this? The 50 million Americans who now believe the wackadoodle conspiracy theory about Swift saw these lies amplified and shared by the right-wing media, influencers, and even their friends and family over and over again. That’s how it works, folks. It’s the same playbook that led to our current reality where a majority of Republican voters believe that the 2020 election was stolen by Joe Biden and Democrats. So that’s a lot, but the good news is that COURIER has a playbook that works too. Our ten battleground newsrooms craft free, factual local news that sticks and corrects misinformation. And we meet people in the same social media feeds and email inboxes where right-wing lies and conspiracies spread. [But it takes resources to keep our newsrooms running and providing Timeless news for our readers. So let’s ask you a Question...? Can we count on you to give $13 to help us fight misinformation?]( Express Donate: If you've stored your info with ActBlue Express, we'll process your contribution instantly: [$5]( [$15]( [$25]( [$50]( Thank you, COURIER team --------------------------------------------------------------- Email us: info@couriernewsroom.com [Become a member!]( This message was sent to: {EMAIL}. Email is a critical way we communicate with grassroots supporters like you. However, if you would like to change your subscription preferences, here are some options: [Receive Fewer Emails]( [Update Your Information]( [unsubscribe]( To give by check: Courier Newsroom Box 509 New York, NY 10032