How Taylor Swift Could Save Freedom 250 Concert
She couldn't drag Harris over finish line, but Tay Tay might reclaim patriotism
Quick, who have benefited from the U.S. more than Taylor Swift?
Tough question, right?
America has delivered endless dreams to hard-working patriots, immigrants seeking a brighter future and those who never stopped reaching for their stars.
And then there’s Swift. She’s the biggest pop star on the planet, a 30-something artist who has taken full advantage of the freedom and opportunity America offers. To her credit, she’s made the most of every chance her country gave her.
Now, it’s time to return the favor, but it won’t be easy.
Swift should agree to join the flailing Freedom 250 concert lineup, the very one that shed the vast majority of its acts in recent days. Artists like Bret Michaels, Martina McBride, Young MC and more broke their promises to appear because:
- The event proved more political than they expected (sans proof)
- The event put their lives in jeopardy (potentially true given the Left’s lust for violence)
- Everyone else is quitting, so …
Pick your choice.
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Either way, the fallout is clear. Even C-list stars aren’t willing to face the professional blowback for aligning with a concert that’s pro America and, potentially, Trump adjacent.
President Donald Trump created the Freedom 250 group to honor the nation’s 250th birthday next month. Toward that end, it designed a massive, state fair-like gathering to celebrate the milestone.
And, once progressive pressure came down on the acts in question, they bailed one by one.
Vanilla Ice may be the last act standing.
“It’s all about enjoying the great times of 250 years. From George Washington to now. All the presidents and everybody in between, this is a magical event that’s gonna happen,” he said in the video. “It’s very rare. I’m honored, man. This is gonna be epic. And that’s it. We don’t take anything too seriously, and we’re gonna bring the ‘90s, that’s how it works.”
Not all heroes wear capes. And it’s well past time for Swift to either try one on or channel her inner Ice.
Why?
The nation’s birthday shouldn’t be a partisan slugfest. We all know if President Kamala Harris sparked the Freedom 250 group, the concert would be wall-to-wall superstars. Springsteen. Beyonce. Roan. Bunny.
Except Harris couldn’t topple Trump at the ballot box. That means artists would rather do anything except perform for the nation’s big birthday. Their patriotism ends when Democrats don’t hold the levers of power.
See how this works?
If Swift ignored the corrupt Legacy Media and her fellow progressives to anchor the ceremony, she would singlehandedly resurrect the concert.
And it would start with a soul-searching Instagram post.
Y’all know I didn’t pull the lever for Donald Trump. And I disagree with many of his philosophies. But the country’s 250th birthday is bigger than one president. It’s about the American experiment, an evolving dream that has given the world so much.
That’s why I’m putting politics aside to honor my home’s 250th birthday. And I hope you’ll join me in D.C.!
Now, the chances of that happening are even slimmer than Lloyd Christmas landing a date with his dream girl.
Still, Swift is perfectly positioned to do just that and give America the patriotic present it deserves. She’d be crucified in the media, of course. MS NOW-style outlets would burn endless calories attacking her choice.
The op-eds would be legendary, as would the snark from her fellow stars.
Remember how the press turned on her for not immediately backing Hillary Clinton for president? If you don’t, just know that some media outlets suggested she was a White Supremacist.
Really.
Swift is literally too big to cancel. If she stood her ground and sang for her country out of pure gratitude, she’d survive the “scandal.”
She survived that faux controversy. And, chances are, she’d survived this one, too.
And, here’s betting, other musicians would follow her lead. America deserves nothing less.
It’s better the whole thing dies quietly. A lineup of hadbeens from 35 years ago? Ice, MC and Michaels haven’t been big since ’91 and McBride has had a longer career in country she’s wasaay past prime as well. Who’d go to and oldies tour of one hit wonders?
She’s getting married. Unlikely she will volunteer with such a busy schedule.
It would take more internal strength and broader vision than the lady currently has to show actual patriotism. Oddly, I suspect she might have participated when she was young.
Hear, hear.
Pipe dream and for someone like me a bad one. Swift is as un-American as they come. She takes all the advantages of being an American then defecates on the ideals thereof. She really is the living embodiment of the Democrat Agenda – educated to be a dunce, never questioning the party line, adopting every moronic marching order, utterly bereft of any decent morality, and all to ready to light a torch and set fire to any opposition. The 250th celebration should be lock-stock-and-barrel patriots. Martina had no compunction performing in purely partison programs for Clinton and Obama. Her mealy-mouthed protestation that the 250th was misrepresented to her and was politically-aligned was dishonest and disingenuous. She’s literally worse than Swift becuase she tries to hide or mask her politics.
I bet Ted Nugent would play without batting an eye