This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become.

“I wonder who’s going to win the Super Bowl next month. And I wonder if there’s a major presidential endorsement coming from an artificially culturally propped-up couple this fall. Just some wild speculation over here, let’s see how it ages over the next 8 months.” —Vivek Ramaswamy on X, formerly known as Twitter, regarding Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift

Until recently, right-wing media personality Vivek Ramaswamy was a Republican candidate for president. Since he was very young and largely unknown, it was widely believed during his campaign that his main intention in running was to draw attention to himself in order to become more highly paid as a right-wing media personality. This seems to have been correct. After spending his time on the trail annoying most of the other candidates but celebrating the race’s front-runner—he showed up outside the courthouse during multiple Donald Trump legal proceedings—he dropped out as soon as the Iowa caucus was over. And now, he is around to do stuff like this on X/Twitter:

I wonder who’s going to win the Super Bowl next month. And I wonder if there’s a major presidential endorsement coming from an artificially culturally propped-up couple this fall. Just some wild speculation over here,........

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