Speak now, Washington. We hear you. You are singing Our Song. You are Fearless. Today, you quoted Talor Swift when confronting Live Nation/Ticketmaster about their ticket sales practices. Granted, you had some of us turning Red at the Tay references. But still, it showed some Style.

The ticket giant faced the Senate Judiciary Committee after accusations came flooding in that Ticketmaster operates as a monopoly. Clearly, this issue isn’t new. But the recent Taylor Swift debacle has brought it back into light. You know The Story of Us. You and me, and all music fans against the machine.

Well, I’m just going to leave this right here for you. Enjoy.

• A compliation of hits

  "Ticketmaster ought to look in the mirror and say: I'm the problem it's me."
  
  Government officials fire Taylor Swift lyrics at Live Nation President Joe Berchtold during the Senate hearing over the #ErasTour ticket fiasco. pic.twitter.com/gddZqEJolV

  — Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) January 24, 2023

• Swiftie daughters have spoken

  AS THEY SHOULD 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #TaylorSwift #Ticketmaster pic.twitter.com/5B4eg4goBK

  — Kelly Keegs (@kellykeegs) January 24, 2023

• The fans showed up

  Some #Swifties gather outside the Capitol Hill with banners as the Ticketmaster hearing is taking place. pic.twitter.com/ahgkccSP5A

  — Cristina Corujo (@cristina_corujo) January 24, 2023

• All Too Well

  💬| US Senator Amy Klobuchar during Ticketmaster's hearing:
  
  "You can’t have too much consolidation. As an ode to Taylor Swift, I will say we know ‘all too well' ". pic.twitter.com/7oRXhJL15n

  — The Swift Society (@TheSwiftSociety) January 24, 2023

• That's just "Mean"

  Yup, they blamed her. Ticketmaster blamed Taylor Swift

  .@SenBlumenthal: "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. May I suggest...Ticketmaster outta look in the mirror and say, 'I'm the problem. It's me.'" pic.twitter.com/F8HDmsu0Tk

  — CSPAN (@cspan) January 24, 2023

• Time for a break-up song

  “The only way to restore competition in this industry is to break up Ticketmaster and Live Nation,” the chief executive of SeatGeek said in his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee. https://t.co/D3zN1WTctc

  — The New York Times (@nytimes) January 24, 2023

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