The breakout song by an artist who goes by Oliver Anthony laid the groundwork to open the first Republican presidential debate for the 2024 election. But the song has notes of conspiracy theories.
Incumbent Republicans have been running on “Washington DC is terrible and everyone there is a horrible crook” messaging for decades, their voters “know” it’s not them the song is talking about (“know” in quotes because there’s no textual basis for that belief and the literal lyrics of the song taken out of context could be describing Mitch McConnell or whoever, but Republicans have never let pesky facts get in the way of a good hate and they’re not about to start here)
Incumbent Republicans have been running on “Washington DC is terrible and everyone there is a horrible crook” messaging for decades, their voters “know” it’s not them the song is talking about (“know” in quotes because there’s no textual basis for that belief and the literal lyrics of the song taken out of context could be describing Mitch McConnell or whoever, but Republicans have never let pesky facts get in the way of a good hate and they’re not about to start here)