When Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn needs a boost, leftists tend to deliver. The first was a year ago when Twitter tried to quash her candidacy announcement video. The effort gave her more views then she ever could have purchased. Now singer Taylor Swift has weighed in and handed Blackburn the topic of her next fundraising mailer.
Swift, usually silent when it comes to anything political, couldn’t help herself. Things that have happened across the country and in her personal life over the past two years prompted her to speak out and throw support to Democrat Phil Bredesen. She also declared she’d be voting for Jim Cooper for the House of Representatives.
Her post came on Instagram Sunday night.
Taylor Swift Criticizes Republican Marsha Blackburn, Endorses Democrats in Rare Political Post
“I’m writing this post about the upcoming midterm elections on November 6th, in which I’ll be voting in the state of Tennessee,” Swift began in her letter. “In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differently about that now.”
“I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve in this country,” she continued. “I believe in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is terrifying, sickening and prevalent.”
My Take
This can actually go either way. Yes, Blackburn will certainly get a boost to her fundraising, but such a high-profile endorsement for her competitor will draw attention to a race in which she is already slightly behind. The question is whether or not Swift will draw voters to follow her lead.
I sincerely hope Blackburn wins now more than ever. Democrats have a stranglehold over stars from the entertainment industries. This gives them an advantage on fundraising and exposure. Every time celebrities venture out of their protective bubbles and get political, my instant reaction is to hope their candidates lose. It’s not just because they’re usually Democrats.
I may not agree with leftist political scholars, but I’d rather hear their arguments over those of people who have sway because of their ability to entertain instead an ability to assess governmental situations. The noise they create drowns out relevant voices on both sides.
Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
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JD Rucker
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