Being compared to global popstar Taylor Swift might be one of the most sincere forms of flattery anybody could receive these days.
Even one of the Democratic Party’s top stars believes his political rival — Donald Trump — has been just as impactful as Swift.
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In a Saturday interview with The New York Times, Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) said former President Trump’s impact on the state was “astonishing.”
So astonishing, he likened Trump’s aura to that of Swift.
“It was almost like Taylor Swift kind of swag. It’s like, of everything. It wasn’t just a sign,” Fetterman recounted. “It’s the kinds of thing that has taken on its own life on that. And it’s like something very special exists there. And that doesn’t mean that I admire it.”
Fetterman was apparently referencing Trump superstores throughout the state that sell T-shirts, bumper stickers, hats and other paraphernalia as staples of the leader’s widespread impact.
Fetterman has admired the GOP’s ability to gain voters’ attention in Pennsylvania, arguing that avid Trump supporters such as Elon Musk can “appeal to a demographic” in a way Democrats cannot.
“Trump has created a special kind of a hold … and he’s remade the party, and he has a special kind of place in Pennsylvania,” Fetterman said in September to a crowd at The Atlantic Festival. “And I think that only deepened after that first assassination attempt.”
“Anybody spends time driving around, and you can see the intensity. It’s astonishing,” Fetterman said of the wave of support the Republican nominee has experienced.