Twitter Loses It Over Senators Quoting Taylor Swift Songs At Ticketmaster Hearing

Katie JerkovichJanuary 24, 2023

Twitter users lost their minds over U.S. video clips. During Tuesday’s Ticketmaster hearing, senators from both parties quoted lines from Taylor Swift songs.

The Senate Judiciary Committee was comprised of Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota and Connecticut Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal. Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee also participated, quoting lyrics by the 33-year-old pop singer’s long catalog of songs.

Klobuchar claimed 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 speaks out about 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.”

I’m going to the Ticketmaster hearing. 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 tweeted about the social media platform. “This has me rolling. The Karma quote during the Ticketmaster hearing #TaylorSwiftTheErasTour.” A clip of Lee speaking at the hearing was included in the post. “Karma’s a relaxing thought, aren’t you envious, that for you it’s not.”

This is what has me going. Karma quote at 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.

HIM JUST SAID THAT TICKETMASTER WAS A NIGHTMARE DRESSED LIKE THE DAY DREAMY YALL. pic.twitter.com/8TKXaASllJ

— Gina 🌙 ✨IS SEEING TAYLOR NASHVILLE NIGHT3 SEC A (@whatamind13) January 24, 2023

This ticketmaster hearing is so insipid😭 pic.twitter.com/p5NPpmp12h

— jules (@tayylorde13) January 24, 2023

Another person shared their response to Sen. Lee’s hearing. “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 was absolutely crazy. It’s unbelievable that I just heard a US Senator speak. “karma’s a relaxing thought, aren’t you envious that for you it’s not” He says it in a tone that is so loud it sounds like he has never listened to the song.

— 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. The tweet included a clip of Blumenthal saying 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 is hilarious. This is what ticketmaster does when republicans are united with democrats.
“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 present at the ticketmaster hearing, after they dropped a taylor quick lyric mid-sentence of their arguments pic.twitter.com/0A4X0meNrM

— zoë begins 🪴 (@filmsbyzoe) January 24, 2023

TAYLOR SWIFT REFERENCES INSIDE A COURTROOM WHERE THE TICKETMASTER IS GETTING WHAT 2023 LIKE ACTUALLY LIKE??,/,/, pic.twitter.com/kM9ZDksaUR

— erin 💌 (taylors version) (@livoftheparty) January 24, 2023

In fighting ticketmaster, government officials literally quote taylor Swift lyrics pic.twitter.com/OdVQBWdX15

— Kathryn (@kathrynm_99) January 24, 2023

I didn’t have “Hearing Taylor Swift lyrics in a courtroom as she sues Ticketmaster” I have 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 of Taylor Swift were discussed today at the Ticketmaster Senator 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,” It was a tweet.

“Anti-Hero”“You Belong With Me”“All Too Well”“Shake It Off”“Blank Space”“Karma”“This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things”