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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Adam Gabbatt

US rightwing conspiracy theory touts Taylor Swift as ‘Pentagon asset’

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift
Travis Kelce celebrates with Taylor Swift after the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Baltimore Ravens on 28 January. Photograph: Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Taylor Swift is a “Pentagon asset”, an “election interference psyop” who, with unnamed left-leaning forces, has conspired to “rig” the Super Bowl and then endorse Joe Biden in the presidential election.

That’s according to a raft of influential rightwing figures, who have begun to spread a conspiracy theory that Swift, a pop star, is part of a nefarious plot ahead of November’s presidential election.

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