OAN’s Michaelangelo Hernandez
9:48 AM – Friday, January 12, 2024
The Pentagon has responded to a theory aired by Fox News‘ Jesse Watters, claiming that American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift’s meteoric rise to fame is part of a government psychological operation to get young people to vote Democrat.
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In a segment this week on Jesse Watters Primetime, the host played a video supposedly showing a DOD official suggesting turning Swift into an asset to combat so called misinformation.
However, the official was not a Pentagon employee, but instead a research engineer with no known ties to the U.S. military. The individual was giving a presentation on how misinformation spreads online.
When talking about the theory, Sabrina Singh, a spokeswoman for the Pentagon, said they would “shake it off.”
Swift has been outspoken on her political beliefs in recent years. In the 2020 presidential election, she endorsed Joe Biden.
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