Former FBI chief James Comey sparks MAGA outrage over his Taylor Swift confession

Look what you made him do...

Former FBI Director James Comey has released a video successful which he confesses he's a monolithic Swiftie – and MAGA are furious astir it.

In nan video posted to his Substack, titled “On Taylor Swift,” Comey described Taylor Swift arsenic “a genuinely inspirational nationalist figure” and shared really listening to Swift’s music has been a “coping mechanism" successful nan look of Donald Trump.

Comey, who was fired arsenic FBI head by Trump during his first term, besides said that he tuned into her caller podcast appearance connected New Heights to denote nan release of her caller album.

“Taylor Swift and I spell measurement back. I went to my first performance of hers 15 years ago,” Comey said successful nan video. “I’ve been to a 2nd and I person helped financially support nan attendance of a batch of family members and others. I’m successful a family’s Swiftie group chat. I cognize each her music, and I perceive to it successful my headphones erstwhile I trim nan grass.”

Who doesn’t, right? Right??

Comey revealed that his favourite tracks are 'All Too Well' (specifying nan 10-minute version) and 'Exile' featuring Bon Iver.

Solid choices. Choices we’d each make, right? Right??

“Like a batch of you, I struggle pinch really to guidelines up to bullies without letting their meanness infect maine and alteration me," said nan 64-year-old.

He mentioned nan animosity generated by Donald Trump, referring to nan backmost and distant betwixt Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom.

“I find it very funny. Hilarious even, sometimes. But I’ve sewage to beryllium honest, it besides leaves maine pinch a unusual emotion astatine times because I don’t want america to go for illustration Trump and his followers," he said, adding: “There are acold much decent, honest, benignant group successful America than location are mean jerks. And don’t get maine wrong, we person our jerks, millions of them. You whitethorn person noticed! In particular, there’s a stunning coarseness and ugliness successful nan Republican Party today."

Uh oh... What will Conservatives deliberation of that?

Comey past added that Swift has “made it clear that she sees Donald Trump for what he is” by endorsing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris successful nan 2 statesmanlike elections.

“She urged Americans not to make nan superior correction of electing him,” Comey said. “Of course, we’re now surviving pinch nan consequences of that mistake, but while our aged makeup-covered president is posting astir whether Taylor Swift is still basking and declaring that he can’t guidelines her, what’s she doing? Living her champion life.”

Trump famously declared “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT” connected Truth Social aft she announced her Harris endorsement – thereby contradicting his fake, AI-generated posts connected receiving her endorsement.

He precocious weighed successful connected nan Sydney Sweeney advertisement controversy, and took nan clip to bash Taylor Swift.

“Just look astatine Woke vocalist Taylor Swift. Ever since I alerted nan world arsenic to what she was by saying connected TRUTH that I can’t guidelines her (HATE!). She was booed retired of nan Super Bowl and became, NO LONGER HOT.”

At nan extremity of his video, Comey cited lyrics from Swift's 2010 opus 'Mean', wide known for its anti-bullying message: “I stake you sewage pushed around, personification made you cold, but nan rhythm ends correct now, because you can’t lead maine down that road.”

His last words of gratitude were: “Thank you, Taylor Swift. Keep nan faith.”

As you tin imagine, these comments did not spell down good pinch nan MAGA crowd, who were speedy to respond to nan now-viral video – which Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly called “cringey”.

Check retired immoderate of nan bad humor generated below:

Following nan announcement of her caller album, 'The Life of a Showgirl', galore companies and large businesses person capitalised connected nan caller branding of nan album. There person besides been instrumentality rumours that Taylor Swift will execute astatine adjacent year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Eagle-eyed fans judge nan vocalist near more Easter eggs for them during nan New Heights podcast, including her sharing that she likes baking sourdough breadstuff and thinks astir it “60 per cent of nan time”.

Swifties took to societal media to item that Super Bowl LX adjacent twelvemonth – nan 60th arena of its benignant - will return spot astatine nan San Francisco 49ers' Levi's Stadium successful Santa Clara, wherever nan team's mascot is called Sourdough Sam.

Taylor Swift's upcoming album 'The Life of a Showgirl' is group to beryllium released connected 3 October. We’re guessing James Comey will beryllium picking up a copy.