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Mike Huckabee's Tweet Giving Back-Handed Support To Taylor Swift's Political Opinions Just Got A Reality Check 🔥

Mike Huckabee's Tweet Giving Back-Handed Support To Taylor Swift's Political Opinions Just Got A Reality Check 🔥
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Peter Karleby
By Peter KarlebyOct 09, 2018
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Peter Karleby is a writer, content producer and performer originally from Michigan. His writing has also appeared on YourTango, Delish and Medium, and he has produced content for NBC, The New York Times and The CW, among others. When not working, he can be found tripping over his own feet on a hiking trail while singing Madonna songs to ward off lurking bears.
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Okay everyone, Mike Huckabee has weighed in on Taylor Swift's political leanings, so we can consider the topic officially closed!

In case you missed it, late on Sunday, Neo-Nazis' favorite music artist Taylor Swift took to Instagram to decry Tennessee's GOP U.S. Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn's Trumpian agenda, and to explicitly endorse Democratic candidates Phil Bredesen and Jim Cooper.


After spending her entire career silent on politics--despite claiming the mantles of feminism and LGBTQ rights in her persona and work--and ignoring her status as the alt-right's favorite pop goddess--the announcement was met with no small amount of surprise from all sides of the political spectrum.

And for their part, Republicans and alt-right figures were furious with what they clearly saw as Swift's betrayal, from GOP figures accusing her of being in an "ivory tower," to Neo-Nazi users of internet message board 4chan theorizing that she was paid off to make the statement.

And as always, Mike Huckabee just couldn't help himself. The former Arkansas governor-cum-Twitter's most celebrated comedic voice took to the platform right away to issue one of his typical laugh-riot takedowns.


Oh.

Sick...burn?...I guess?...

Anyway, actual comedian of stage and screen Chelsea Peretti wasn't having it:

And from there, Twitterfolk were off and running, pointing out in brilliant detail just how dumb Huckabee's tweet was:











But it's not just Chelsea Peretti and Twitter who think Huckabee's a bit off-base--the actual data seems to indicate it too.

Kamari Guthrie, Director of Communications for voter registration and information non-profit Vote.org, told Buzzfeed News that Swift's Instagram post incited a massive spike in voter registrations on her site.

"We are up to 65,000 registrations in a single 24-hour period since T. Swift's post," she said, adding that in Tennessee itself, her organization received 2,144 new registrations since the post. Contrast that with 2,811 new Tennessee voter registrations for the entire month of September and the effect of Taylor's post seems crystal clear.

Your move, Huckabee!

H/T Esquire, The Independent

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