Swifties lose it as Pentagon shuts down Jesse Watters' Taylor Swift conspiracy theory referencing her song

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: The Pentagon brushed off an outlandish conspiracy theory circulating among conservatives that pop star Taylor Swift is involved in a government "psyop".

The agency's spokesperson humorously responded to this conspiracy theory by saying, "We are going to shake it off."

Host Jesse Watters shared the crazy idea with the viewers of Fox News during their primetime slot, causing it to become widely known.

He made an inaccurate claim that several years ago the "Pentagon psyop unit pitched NATO on turning Taylor Swift into an asset for combating misinformation online".

Jesse Watters' Taylor Swift conspiracy theory

On Tuesday's episode of 'Jesse Watters Primetime', the conservative host put forth the theory that the pop sensation, who recently collaborated with the nonpartisan group Vote.org to boost voter registration, might be "a front for a covert political agenda."

He posed a question to his audience: "Have you ever wondered why or how she blew up like this?"

Subsequently, Watters aired a snippet from a 2019 NATO-sponsored conference where a speaker cited Swift as a case of an influential figure. 

He stated, "Yeah that's real. The Pentagon psyop unit pitched NATO on turning Taylor Swift into an asset for combating misinformation online."

Pentagon shuts down the conspiracy theory

Following the airing of the clip, Sabrina Singh, a spokesperson for the Pentagon, light-heartedly dismissed Watters’ peculiar assertions.

Speaking to Politico, the rep said, "As for this conspiracy theory, we are going to shake it off", cleverly alluding to Swift's popular 2014 song.

Andrea Hailey, the CEO of Vote.org, also responded to Watters' suggestion that Swift's voter registration initiatives are government-backed.

In a post on X, she stated, "Our partnership with @taylorswift13 is helping all Americans make their voices heard at the ballot box. Not a psy-op or a Pentagon asset. Just the biggest nonpartisan platform in America helping young people register & cast their vote."

Internet buzzes as Pentagon debunks Jesse Watters' Swift theory

The internet swiftly responded after the Pentagon dismissed the controversial theory proposed by Jesse Watters about Swift.

A user took to X and said, "Government referencing Taylor Swift…oh she really does run the world atp."

"I mean she’s not from this world. She’s a being from another dimension who was sent here to save and conquer the music industry," said another. 

One person wrote, "Taylor Swift is definitely literally everywhere now. I just think she's the face of pop culture now. At the very top of her game."

"This is so unserious shake it off then!" noted another. 

Another added, "She has that much power that people think shes a government assett now? oh taygod."

One user joked, "We truly live in the age of bizarre rumors."

"Government referencing Taylor Swift man," stated another. 

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