Rumble’s “editor picks” list features a video pushing a conspiracy theory that Taylor Swift is a “psyop” and “a fed”

In the promoted video, Rumble's Graham Allen claims that Swift is a “demonic witch”

Written by Alex Kaplan

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Rumble, an extreme right-wing video-sharing platform that has been the official streaming partner of the 2024 Republican presidential primary debates, listed a video promoting the conspiracy theory that pop star Taylor Swift is a “psyop” and “a fed” as one of its January 10 “editor picks.”

The video titled “T-Swift is a PSY-OP!! + Illegal Immigrants Are Coming For Our HOMES!!!!” is from conservative podcast host Graham Allen, whose show Dear America is exclusively on Rumble. It features Swift in its thumbnail image alongside the text “T Swift a fed??” and the video description says, “Are the FEDS using Taylor Swift as a Psy-op agent? We Will discuss the possibility today.”

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Screenshot of Rumble's "editor picks" section taken on January 10, 2024

During the video itself, Allen claimed that Swift — who has become a regular target of right-wing attacks — could be “a psyop devil for the government,” adding that she is “almost omnipresent, like a demon would be.”

From the January 10, 2024, edition of Graham Allen’s Dear America, streamed on Rumble

GRAHAM ALLEN (HOST): First and foremost, it’s time to get to the bottom of the real issues. Is Taylor Swift a psyop devil for the government? We’re going to get to the bottom of this, because it’s not just me anymore, OK? This is making mainstream news. Even Forbes this morning had an article that’s like, “right-wing — why right-wing conspiracy theorists are obsessed with Taylor Swift.” I’m not obsessed with Taylor Swift. She’s everywhere, because she’s almost omnipresent, like a demon would be.

Allen later said it was a “fact that Taylor Swift is a demonic witch” and featured a misleading clip from Fox News host Jesse Watters, who suggested that the Department of Defense was using Swift as an “asset” for “combatting online misinformation.” (Clips of Watters’ segment have been repeatedly posted on Rumble.) Allen said that Watters’ segment “makes a lot of truth,” and baselessly suggested that the government and Pfizer were somehow involved with how Swift became famous and her current relationship.

From the January 10, 2024, edition of Graham Allen’s Dear America, streamed on Rumble

GRAHAM ALLEN (HOST): So, you know, we're moving on to the fact that Taylor Swift is a demonic witch. Here we go. All right, this is Jesse Waters last night, broke a thing about ol’ T Swift. We showed you yesterday some demonic images of her with her snake-worshiping fangs in the middle of her things here. This is a 50/50 serious thing. I think this is hilarious, but it also makes a lot of truth. 

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ALLEN: So those of us that don’t agree with the narrative, we’re national terrorists, we’re extremists, we’re conspiracy [theorists]. And the fact that literally the next day — I’m serious, just Google “Taylor Swift” right now, “Taylor Swift psyop,” and you’ve got all these major articles talking about “right-wing conspiracy theorists are obsessed with Taylor Swift.” Why? Why would all of these people — why does Forbes care about Jesse Watters talking about that they briefed this thing about Taylor Swift being this narrative guider to combat misinformation, mind you?

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ALLEN: Look, look, look, I want to see the chat blow up. Simply comment below. Do you believe that Taylor Swift simply is the biggest star in the world because of her talent? Pause there for a moment. Or do you think that she sold some kind of soul to some kind of body? Maybe it’s the devil. Maybe it’s the government. But I personally believe that she signed the dotted line somewhere, and that’s how she got there. But go down the conspiracy hour for a minute. I completely agree with all of it. 

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ALLEN: Around World War II, OK — this is some Alex Jones stuff, but it’s absolutely true, I’ve written about it in my book, all the above — around World War II, they realized, just like Todd said, that they can start making the general population docile. They can start, you know, putting fear on the general population, all this stuff, by getting select super famous people to push the narratives that the governments want them to push. I wonder if Taylor Swift was pro-COVID shot.

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ALLEN: So around the same time that Travis Kelce gets $20 million to be the spokesathlete for Pfizer, him and Taylor Swift, within literally 10 days of all that, all of a sudden are this power couple?

Rumble has previously featured videos as “editor picks” that were dedicated to a conspiracy theory about supposed “lizard people” controlling the world, the QAnon conspiracy theory, 9/11 trutherism, and a claim that an August 2023 mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, was a false flag.