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Nikki Haley is not buying into the Taylor Swift conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaylor Swift is allowed to have a boyfriend. Taylor Swift is a good artist. I’ve taken my daughter to Taylor Swift concerts before,” the GOP presidential candidate said in an interview with CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper Thursday. “You know, to have a conspiracy theory of all of this is bizarre. Nobody knows who she’s going to endorse. But I can’t believe that that’s overtaken our national politics.”<\/p>\n
Haley’s comments came amid the spread of conspiratorial thinking<\/a> on the right in recent days that the upcoming Super Bowl is fixed in favor of Swift\u2019s beau, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, to give Swift a prime platform to deliver an endorsement of President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n \u201cI wonder who\u2019s going to win the Super Bowl next month. And I wonder if there\u2019s a major presidential endorsement coming from an artificially culturally propped-up couple this fall. Just some wild speculation over here, let\u2019s see how it ages over the next 8 months,\u201d biotech entrepreneur and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said on X on Monday.<\/p>\n That\u2019s only one of several conspiracy theories about Swift \u2014 who endorsed Biden in 2020 \u2014 being circulated on the right. After Fox News host Jesse Watters suggested Swift was part of a government psy-op, the Pentagon issued an official statement<\/a> denying the accusations.<\/p>\n Though Swift has yet to offer Biden her endorsement in the 2024 election, Donald Trump recently complained that he is \u201cmore popular\u201d than Swift, and an ally to the former president pledged a \u201choly war\u201d against the singer, Rolling Stone reported.<\/p>\n Haley, on the other hand, seemed unconcerned with Swift\u2019s endorsement.<\/p>\n \u201cThe last thing I think we need to be worried about is who Taylor Swift is dating and what conspiracy theory is gonna have her endorsing a person for president,\u201d Haley said.<\/p>\n