Grieving Arizona mom fights back after Trump supporter's Taylor Swift lie

[RandySF]

On the same day as Trump's outburst, an X user named @realTrumpNewsX with 212,900 followers shared a post claiming Swift “has lost an estimated 150 million dollars over the boycotting of her merchandise and memorabilia after she endorsed Kamala Harris for President."

The unverifiable claim was accompanied by two photos of a clearly emotional young Swift in tears.

Maya Thompson of Scottsdale had seen those photos before and knew exactly where.

“Is this real?” Thompson asked on X, sharing the @realTrumpNewsX post.

“Are they using a picture of @taylorswift13 crying after she performed ‘Ronan’ about my child? I'm going to throw up.”


https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/09/16/trump-fan-deletes-taylor-swift-ronan-post/75253946007/

[pat_k]

1. Pouring salt into wounds across the U.S.A.

My heart goes out to Maya Thompson and her family. And to the Clarks in Springfield, OH. And to anyone else whose personal tragedy has been exploited as fodder for MAGA propaganda.

[Doodley]

2. All they have is hate.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. The "hate" is a necessary element for what they want and need:

violence.

In order to have any political leverage and influence, fascists use violence and it doesn't come out of nowhere.