Taylor Swift endorsement is ‘classified matter’ for Biden

Of the Republican Party and supporters of Donald Trump Various conspiracy theories have emerged in recent years. One of the most recent includes Taylor Swift, the current president Joe Biden , and even the singer’s current girlfriend and the National Football League, NFL. During an appearance this Monday on a talk show, the president Joe Biden ” joked with such theories, assuring that whether or not she supports him in this year’s presidential election is a “classified” matter.

The appearance took place on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” featuring comedian Seth Meyers, who pointed out to the president that at least 18 percent of Americans, according to a recent poll, They think Biden and Swift “are partners” in some plan. The survey was conducted by the University of New Jersey and also found that 46% of respondents said they had heard of this “political conspiracy.”

“Can you confirm or deny that there is an active conspiracy between you and Ms. Swift?” the comedian jokingly asked, to which the president responded with a laugh: “Where do you find this information?” It is class !”

If at the start of the career of Taylor Swift She was not directly linked to the Democratic side of North American politics; her first “intervention” in this area took place during the congressional elections, when she supported two candidates for senator from Tennessee. After that, publicly supported Joe Biden in the election he won in 2020 going so far as to make cookies in the name of the candidate as part of an interview for Vogue magazine, in which he explained the reasons why he had called to vote for him.

The enormous popularity of Fast among young voters would be a blessing for the president as he runs for re-election in 2024. Regarding a second public support, the comedian asked him: “Do you think this could happen again?” “I already told you, this is a classified case.” Biden responded at that time.

Biden’s appearance on the program , which was recorded Monday and aired early Tuesday, is the president’s latest attempt to connect with younger people. Biden, 81, noted that former President Donald Trump, his likely Republican rival, 77, was close to him in age and had his own problems with verbal errors.

Beyond the conspiracy theory, what is true is that the Biden campaign aims to lure Swift into the political arena. Governor Gavin Newsom of California, a Democrat, He practically begged Swift to get more involved with Biden’s campaign when he spoke to reporters after a Republican primary debate in September. “Taylor Swift is big and unique. “I think what he was able to accomplish just by making young people believe that they have a voice and that they should have a choice in the next election is profoundly powerful,” the governor said.

Chatter about Swift and the possibility of reaching her 279 million followers on Instagram has reached such intensity that Biden’s team has urged job candidates on social media not to describe their Taylor Swift strategy. because the campaign already contained enough suggestions . An idea that was dismissed, somewhat jokingly: sending the president to one of The Eras Tour concerts.