Fox News host Sean Hannity cautioned pop star Taylor Swift on Tuesday against endorsing President Biden as he runs for reelection in 2024.
“Does Taylor realize the guy that they want her to endorse is a kind of stumbling, bumbling mess, doesn’t have the energy to even give a 30-minute speech, let alone perform a three-hour concert like she does?” Hannity said of Swift and Biden on his nightly show. “He also is kind of very creepy. She may want to check out those creepy videos, they’re online.”
Hannity’s comments were first highlighted by Mediaite.
Swift has been the center of a right-wing conspiracy that has spread in recent days suggesting the NFL is rigging games to help the Kansas City Chiefs, the team her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, plays on.
The conspiracy theory alleges Democrats and propping up the Chiefs, who play in the Feb. 11 Super Bowl, to draw more attention to Swift so she can endorse Biden for president.
Swift has yet to state her support for any candidate in the 2024 cycle. In 2018, she backed Democrat Phil Bredesen against Republican Marsha Blackburn in a Tennessee Senate race, and she endorsed Biden for president about a month before the 2020 election.
Hannity accused Swift of hating on Republicans.
“Or maybe she just bought into all the lies about conservatives and Republicans, that they are racist and sexist and homophobic and xenophobic and transphobic and Islamophobic. And Republicans and conservatives want dirty air and water, and a total ban on all abortion with no exceptions,” he said. “If she believes all that, she is believing a lie. Because those talking points are simply untrue.”
“Now, I’m just saying, maybe she wants to think twice before making a decision about 2024,” he added.
A recent New York Times story outlined how the Biden campaign is reportedly interested in a “dream” endorsement from Swift, one of the most popular music and entertainment icons in the world.