It can be frustrating when a relative doesn’t stop posting right-wing memes on his Facebook page — especially when you’re about to release your very first woke album!
That’s the conundrum Taylor Swift found herself in this week when fans noticed her father, Scott Swift, allegedly had a habit of sharing images on his account targeting Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Thankfully for the 29-year-old singer, Poppa Swift swiftly deleted his account after fans took notice — but not before they were able to screenshot a few damning posts.
The drama began when Tay appeared to reblog a screenshot of Scott’s Facebook post in which he made an innocuous dad joke, writing: “Taylor and Austin said I needed to get steps on my phone. Wrapped phone in a towel, secured with rubber bands and put it in dryer on ‘cool’. Put 10,000 steps on the phone, watching golf. Feel great. They were right!”
In a since-deleted Tumblr post, the Grammy winner seemingly shared her father’s joke, joking “this man must be stopped.” It was all in good fun — until Tay’s comment caused fans to look up her dad’s FB page. There, they stumbled upon many posts that weren’t quite as lol-inducing. In one post from 2017, Scott refused to acknowledge Warren as a Senator, allegedly sharing: Another meme allegedly posted on Scott’s page took aim at immigration. It read:
“The IRS has returned my tax return to me this year after I apparently answered one of the questions incorrectly… In response to the question, ‘Do you have anyone dependent on you?’ I wrote: ‘9.5 million illegal immigrants, 1.1 million crack heads, 3.4 million unemployable scroungers, 80,000 criminals in over 85 prisons plus 650 idiots in Washington.”
