they need to make a fucking statement about ohio and stop with this stupid as fuck swiftie pandering, my god it's infuriating

I agree, but I can see an argument for this angle. Addressing grotesquerie is an echo. There's only so much "this is not us" that the brain can handle before it descends into "but is it?" It is of course in its twee glee, a variety of cognitive dissonance itself, but ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

It’s not their job to comment on Ohio, it’s the President’s job and he has.