After the Kansas City Chiefs secured their spot within the 2024 Super Bowl — which tight end Travis Kelce celebrated by planting a now-viral kiss on girlfriend Taylor Swift — even former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy needed to weigh in.
Ramaswamy — who dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Donald Trump — predicted that the upcoming Super Bowl between the Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers can be rigged for the previous to set the stage for Swift’s endorsement of President Biden come November.
“I’m wondering who’s going to win the Super Bowl next month. And I’m wondering if there’s a serious presidential endorsement coming from an artificially culturally propped-up couple this fall,” Ramaswamy posted to X in response to a theory by alt-right media personality Jack Posobiec.
“Fascinated by when Taylor Swift called out the Soros family in 2019 for getting the rights to her music after which how she got here out a brilliant liberal in 2020,” wrote Posobiec, who’s widely known for spearheading a bizarre conspiracy theory called “Pizzagate,” which claimed Hillary Clinton was behind a toddler sex ring.
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy suspects that the Super Bowl shall be rigged within the Kansas City Chiefs’ favor to pave the way in which for Taylor Swift’s endorsement of President Biden. Getty Images
I’m wondering who’s going to win the Super Bowl next month. And I’m wondering if there’s a serious presidential endorsement coming from an artificially culturally propped-up couple this fall. Just a few wild speculation over here, let’s see the way it ages over the following 8 months.
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) January 29, 2024
“Just a few wild speculation over here; let’s see the way it ages over the following eight months,” Ramaswamy added in a post that was earlier reported on by Mediaite.
It’s unclear whether Swift is planning to endorse Biden for a second term, though the president’s camp has expressed interest in getting the worldwide pop star involved in its campaign.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a top Biden surrogate, “all but begged” Swift to throw her support behind the commander-in-chief, the Latest York Times reported.
“Taylor Swift stands tall and unique,” Newsom told reporters after a Republican primary debate in September.
“What she was in a position to accomplish just in getting young people activated to think about that they’ve a voice and that they need to have a selection in the following election, I believe, is profoundly powerful,” he added, per the NY Times.
Buzz around Swift endorsing Biden has gotten so intense that Biden’s campaign team urged applicants for an open social media position not to explain its technique to recruit Swift, who has greater than 279 million followers on Instagram.
It’s unclear whether Swift has plans to endorse Biden for a second term, though members of Biden’s camp, including California Gov. Gavin Newsom, have said the 34-year-old singer’s influence is “profoundly powerful.” AP
The campaign had gotten enough suggestions already in regards to the so-called “Taylor Swift strategy” — a few of which included sending Biden to a stop on Swift’s blockbuster “Eras Tour” concert, in keeping with the NY Times.
Swift’s publicist, Tree Paine, didn’t immediately reply to The Post’s request for comment.
Swift’s support would surely add numerous value, because it did for the NFL.
Swift alone has created a “brand value” of $331.5 million for the Chiefs and the NFL, Front Office Sports recently reported, citing data from Apex Marketing Group.
This figure accounted for print, digital, radio, television, highlights and social media monitoring Swift since she attended her first Chiefs game on Sept. 24, through Jan. 22 — at some point after her divisional-round appearance in Buffalo — and calculated a financial amount for every occurrence based on “reach and impact,” in keeping with the report.
Buzz around Swift endorsing Biden has gotten so intense that Biden’s campaign team urged applicants for an open social media position not to explain its technique to recruit Swift, who has greater than 279 million followers on Instagram. AFP via Getty Images
Apex president Eric Smallwood told Front Office Sports that digital content and online news created probably the most value ahead of social media.
In October, when the Swift-Kelce romance became a national sensation because the couple was photographed in Latest York City for a date night, the Grammy winner generated $166 million.
After catching the Chiefs’ Week 3 victory, Swift has develop into an everyday at Kelce’s games, attending 12 of 18, including all three of the Chiefs’ playoff games of their run to Super Bowl 2024.
The “Shake It Off” singer also helped the NFL produce its highest regular-season female viewership because it began collecting that data in 2000, and the highest regular-season mark within the 18-to-34 demographic since 2019. Female viewership rose 9% from last season to this season, higher than male viewership’s 6 percent uptick, in keeping with Front Office Sports’ report.
Moreover, Swift has helped sell merchandise.
Kelce gear had a 400% increase, and his became a top-five-selling jersey after Swift attended her first Chiefs game.
Swift alone is reportedly answerable for a “brand value” of $331.5 million for the Chiefs and the NFL, Front Office Sports recently reported. Since she began dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, his gear has also enjoyed a 400% surge. AP
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said earlier this yr that the romance is “great” for the NFL, and now there’s financial data to back that up.
“Listen, they’re comfortable,” Goodell said in November. “They appear to be having fun with their relationship. That’s great in and of itself. Nevertheless it has connected more fans of Taylor’s and more fans of the NFL in some ways. To see that they’ve a connection, now they’ve a connection to our game and to Taylor.”