WATCH LIVE: Senate hearing on Ticketmaster business practices following Taylor Swift ticket issues

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) who’s been all over the Ticketmaster fiasco since last November, also piped in with a beloved Swift lyric: “May I suggest, respectfully, Ticketmaster ought to look in the mirror and say, ‘I’m the problem, it’s me,’” quoting the longtime #1 hit “Anti-Hero.”

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And it wasn’t only Democrats in on the quoting Swift game. Mike Lee (R-UT), who has a Swiftie in his own house (his daughter), apparently, invoked “1989" while discussing if limiting ticket resales was a viable solution. “A lot of people seem to think that’s somehow a solution,” he said. “I think it’s a ‘nightmare dressed like a daydream.’” Oof.

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Lee helped wrap up the hearing with one more mention of his daughter and Swift. “I have to throw out, in deference to my daughter Eliza, one more Taylor Swift quote: ‘Karma’s a relaxing thought / aren’t you envious that for you it’s not?’”

U.S. Senators: All they do is try, try, try.