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F you, Taylor Swift!” shouted Megyn Kelly, “and f all of the people who want to see these children have body parts chopped off.”

For those not fluent in Republican crazy-speak, Kelly’s meltdown was triggered by Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris the night before, barely one hour after Trump all but face-planted on the debate stage. Kelly was especially triggered by Swift highlighting her appreciation for vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s support of LGBTQ+ rights.

Other right-wing commentators, like Ben Shapiro, took another approach: making fun of Swifties. “Note: if you vote for a particular candidate because your favorite singer is doing so, please don’t vote. You are too stupid to vote,” wrote Shapiro on X. Meanwhile, Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, threatened to impregnate her.

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[–] shortypants@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Megyn Kelly is nasty ~ Donald Trump

Megyn has that short term GOP memory. These people have no soul.

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (11 children)

I half agree with Shapiro. It is stupid to vote for someone because a celebrity or anyone else famous that you like endorses someone.

However, people do, so it does indeed get votes.

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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

I'm sure MAGAts are having to do mental jumping jacks from approving of a fake endorsement for Trump to now saying that her endorsement for Harris doesn't really matter and that she's a nobody. The whole thing is dumb either way, but if a pop star's endorsement is what it takes to hold off the fascists for at least 4 more years, then so be it.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (16 children)

I can't imagine living in such a weird celebrity country.

Very few people give a shit about celebrities here, let alone what they think, let alone what they think about politics. No one would care for who endorsed who, it very much means absolutely nothing.

[–] JPSound@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The vast majority of us dont give two shits about any of this either. It's just 24hour news cycle slop. Anything for the clicks.

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[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

It's funny how Taylor Swift mattered when Trump faked her endorsement.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 months ago (9 children)

The number of Taylor Swift fans that planned to vote for trump was probably a very small number anyway

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 17 points 2 months ago

They are scared of younger swift fans who weren't planning on voting at all.

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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Look, just try and get it done. Go see what it takes, if it's really as easy as they keep telling you. Take your kid and see how far you can get in trying to surgically transition them. You can always back out at the last second. Don't just take the talking heads' word for it, go see for yourself how far you can get along that process before a medical professional tells you "no."

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 31 points 2 months ago

I concur, from personal experience.

Any gender transition related healthcare - even just hormone therapy - is a long and involved process that requires multiple doctor and therapist visits, even for adults. And you have to be quite determined and strongly advocate for yourself the entire time, or the process will get derailed.

People who claim that gender transition healthcare is "easy" or "sudden" are just making shit up.

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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 21 points 2 months ago

I know you LIBTARDS are going to say SOMETHING about School Shootings and Body Parts Falling Off so let me TELL you that she said CHOPPED OFF you Dumb Marxists! We ONLY care if they get CHOPPED off not SHOT off or MASSACRED off!

[–] unrigged6112@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Why the hate They got the endorsment of quality stars like Kid rock, Kanye, Kevin sorbo, Hulk Hogan, Elon musk,

Al fine gentlemen /s

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's so dumb, she was never ever ever gonna endorse trump, no matter what A.I. generated images say 🤦‍♂️

In 2020, she baked Biden Harris cookies

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