Twitter users lost it over videos of U.S. Senators from both sides of the political aisle quoting lines from Taylor Swift songs during the Ticketmaster hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
The Senate Judiciary Committee included Minnesota Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Connecticut Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal along with Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, quoting lyrics from the 33-year-old pop singer’s long catalog of songs.
Klobuchar said during the hearing, “To have a strong capitalist system, you have to have competition. You can’t have too much consolidation. Something that unfortunately for this country — as an ode to Taylor Swift, I will say — we know all too well.”
“To have a strong capitalist system, you have to have competition. You can’t have too much consolidation,” Sen. Klobuchar says of Ticketmaster.
“Something that unfortunately for this country—as an ode to Taylor Swift, I will say—we know all too well.” https://t.co/PE451AFhPO pic.twitter.com/o0vJ2YHExY
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 24, 2023
One person wrote, “This Ticketmaster hearing is taking me out. All these grown senators using Taylor Swift lyrics in their arguments is everything I didn’t know I needed.”
This Ticketmaster hearing is taking me out. All these grown senators using Taylor Swift lyrics in their arguments is everything I didn’t know I needed. 😂 pic.twitter.com/r7FYRfz15R
— Perla 🧚🏼♀️ (@MexicanFairyy) January 24, 2023
Another person on the social media platform tweeted, “This has me rolling. The Karma quote during the Ticketmaster hearing #TaylorSwiftTheErasTour.” The post included a clip of Lee at the hearing saying, “Karma’s a relaxing thought, aren’t you envious, that for you it’s not.”
This has me rolling. The Karma quote during the Ticketmaster hearing 😭😂 #TaylorSwiftTheErasTour pic.twitter.com/LGiCybEuxl
— Gabe Kanae (@GabeKanae) January 24, 2023
“HE [Lee] JUST SAID TICKETMASTER IS A NIGHTMARE DRESSED LIKE A DAY DREAM YALL IM F***ING GAGGINGGGG SENND THE POLICE LMFAOOO,” another person tweeted.
HE JUST SAID TICKETMASTER IS A NIGHTMARE DRESSED LIKE A DAY DREAM YALL IM FUCKING GAGGINGGGG SENND THE POLICE LMFAOOO pic.twitter.com/8TKXaASllJ
— Gina 🌙 ✨IS SEEING TAYLOR NASHVILLE NIGHT3 SEC A (@whatamind13) January 24, 2023
this ticketmaster hearing is so unserious 😭 pic.twitter.com/p5NPpmp12h
— jules (@tayylorde13) January 24, 2023
While another shared in response to hearing Sen. Lee, “The Ticketmaster hearing is absolutely wild. I can’t believe I just heard a U.S. Senator say ‘karma’s a relaxing thought, aren’t you envious that for you it’s not’ in a tone of voice that makes it so clear he has not listened to this song even once.”
The Ticketmaster hearing is absolutely wild. I can't believe I just heard a US Senator say "karma's a relaxing thought, aren't you envious that for you it's not" in a tone of voice that makes it so clear he has not listened to this song even once
— Maayan 🍅 (@AgentMaayan) January 24, 2023
Lmfao I really can’t #TaylorSwift #Ticketmaster pic.twitter.com/A5OevfXjfa
— Kelly Keegs (@kellykeegs) January 24, 2023
“This literally so funny,” one person tweeted. Their post included a clip of Blumenthal stating that “Ticketmaster had the temerity to imply that the debacle involved in pre-ticket sales was Taylor Swift’s fault because she was failing to do too many concerts. And may I suggest … Ticketmaster ought to look in the mirror and say, ‘I’m the problem. It’s me.'”
This literally so funny. Ticketmaster shaking when republicans and democrats are united in this
“I’m the problem, it’s me” 💀 pic.twitter.com/6IDJ4Po5VP— Alicia (@Sleeecy) January 24, 2023
They were clearly not the only ones who couldn’t believe what they were hearing in the cringeworthy moments.
all the senators at this ticketmaster hearing after they drop a taylor swift lyric in the middle of their arguments pic.twitter.com/0A4X0meNrM
— zoë begins 🪴 (@filmsbyzoe) January 24, 2023
TAYLOR SWIFT REFERENCES IN A COURTROOM WHERE TICKETMASTER IS GETTING GOT WHAT IS 2023 LIKE ACTUALLY??,/,/, pic.twitter.com/kM9ZDksaUR
— erin 💌 (taylors version) (@livoftheparty) January 24, 2023
government officials are literally quoting taylor swift lyrics in fighting w ticketmaster pic.twitter.com/OdVQBWdX15
— Kathryn (@kathrynm_99) January 24, 2023
I did not have “Hearing Taylor Swift lyrics in a courtroom as she sues Ticketmaster” on my 2023 Bingo card but here we are.😂 pic.twitter.com/UG9HkSp4fv
— Tyler Roney (@TylerJRoney) January 24, 2023
And those weren’t the only lyrics that were thrown out, as the account of Taylor Swift Facts noted, posting out a list of all the songs/lyrics they heard during the Senate hearing.
Songs/Lyrics by Taylor Swift which were mentioned today at the Ticketmaster Senate hearing.
• “Anti-Hero”
• “You Belong With Me”
• “All Too Well”
• “Shake It Off”
• “Blank Space”
• “Karma”
• “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” pic.twitter.com/peVzmTyUel— Taylor Swift Facts (@TSwiftFTC) January 24, 2023
“Songs/Lyrics by Taylor Swift which were mentioned today at the Ticketmaster Senate hearing,” the tweet read.
- “Anti-Hero”
- “You Belong With Me”
- “All Too Well”
- “Shake It Off”
- “Blank Space”
- “Karma”
- “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things”
Related: Taylor Swift Announces 2023 ‘Eras Tour’ In U.S., Her First Since 2018