“Florida Democrats don’t know why Taylor Swift is naming an upcoming song on her new album ‘Florida!!!’ or the reason she chose to hold three concerts in Miami less than a month before the November elections,” Politico reports.

“But their excitement around the news is less about ‘why?’ and more about leveraging Swift’s celebrity status to fill the blank space for beleaguered voters tired of losing to Republicans.

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    Who else would run in his place?

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Ossoff

    That guy’s 36, but ran the most funded US Senate campaign in America’s history.

    So he’s got the money neoliberals say they care about.

    He was an investigative journalist going after corruption, his positions line up with what Dem voters want…

    And he’s really popular with gen z voters.

    Why not him if all that matters is “not trump”?

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      The most funded in America’s history isn’t because of him; it was because it was a special election with the entire nation pouring money in for the sake of winning a Senate majority. It could’ve been Joe Manchin and the same outcome would’ve happened. That’s not a reflection of Jon’s campaign prowess.

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      Ossoff would be great. I’d also be up for Jeff Jackson, who has a pretty solid social media following due to his “I’m a newcomer in Washington, here’s what it’s like” videos.

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        I don’t know why people act like there aren’t other options.

        Biden himself literally said he could think of 50 other Dems who could beat trump.