F you, Taylor Swift!” shouted Megyn Kelly, “and f all of the people who want to see these children have body parts chopped off.”

For those not fluent in Republican crazy-speak, Kelly’s meltdown was triggered by Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris the night before, barely one hour after Trump all but face-planted on the debate stage. Kelly was especially triggered by Swift highlighting her appreciation for vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s support of LGBTQ+ rights.

Other right-wing commentators, like Ben Shapiro, took another approach: making fun of Swifties. “Note: if you vote for a particular candidate because your favorite singer is doing so, please don’t vote. You are too stupid to vote,” wrote Shapiro on X. Meanwhile, Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, threatened to impregnate her.

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    “F you, Taylor Swift!” shouted Megyn Kelly, “and f all of the people who want to see these children have body parts chopped off.”

    You guys remember the time Donald Trump accused this same woman who is now hysterically defending him of “blood coming out of her wherever” because she had the audacity to ask him about his sexism?

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      This reminds me of a thought I’ve been kicking around. All these Republicans who knew beforehand what a monster trump is, and now spend all their time gobbling his stumpy mushroom? They’re all examples of a weird variation on Stockholm syndrome. But instead of identifying with their captors on a personal level, they’ve identified their entire political party with him. They don’t think it can exist without him now.

      Once he kicks the bucket, psychologists are going to have a field day untangling this mental health mess.

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        You’re confused because your values include truth and integrity. Theirs do not. They care only about white supremacist hierarchy as the foundation for society.

        She simply used to think he would not get elected. Now she sees that he drives huge numbers of delusional bigots to vote.