Everybody is still talking about that Sydney Sweeney jeans ad. In fact, there’s a new dynamic to this whole controversy, now that multiple news outlets have confirmed the actress is in fact a registered Republican. Sweeney has been registered as a Republican in Florida since June 2024.

Why does this matter at all? Well, it really doesn’t, except some liberals are probably treating this as evidence that the jeans ad really was promoting fascism or white supremacy, or something, now that they know Sweeney is a Republican.

Here’s the ad once more, if for some reason you’ve been living under a rock and have somehow missed the whole kerfuffle:

Sydney Sweeney x American Eagle, oh my god. pic.twitter.com/tDkeGT9R7G

While there’s absolutely nothing groundbreaking about using an attractive woman to sell a product — in particular clothing — some joy-killing liberals on social media reacted negatively to this ad, claiming that Sweeney’s appeal to genetics is a racist dog-whistle.........

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