Pentagon goofs on right-wing conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift: 'Shake it off'
A Pentagon spokeswoman brushed off right-wing conspiracy theories claiming that Taylor Swift is part of a government mind-control plot.
Fox News host Jesse Watters broadcast a segment speculating that Swift was part of a military psychological operation to combat online misinformation and encourage her younger fans to vote, and a Department of Defense representative gave a statement about those claims to Politico.
“As for this conspiracy theory, we are going to shake it off," said Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh, using Swift's own lyrics.
"But that does highlight that we still need Congress to approve our supplemental budget request as Swift-ly as possible so we can be out of the woods with potential fiscal concerns.”
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The 34-year-old singer's career-spanning "Eras Tour" became the first to gross more than $1 billion, and her movie recently surpassed Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” to become the highest-grossing concert film of all time, with more than $261 million in earnings.
She will kick off a 2024 run of her tour starting Feb. 7 in Tokyo.