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\n\tTate McRae<\/a> has faced lots of scrutiny and assumptions about her career and personal life. Maybe the 23-year-old is savvy enough to know she can\u2019t control the narrative entirely, and she might feel that playing rumor whack-a-mole would be an insufficient use of her time. But in the absence of a clear statement, online audiences have been running wild with the claim that McRae might be MAGA.<\/p>\n \n\tEarlier this week, McRae appeared on the cover of Variety<\/em>\u2018s Power of Young Hollywood <\/a>issue. When asked why she avoids commenting on any conversations regarding politics \u2014 specifically as it pertains to Donald Trump and his MAGA cult \u2014 McRae circled the question carefully, which only made her response catch fire online. \u201cI think it\u2019s pretty obvious what kind of person I am and the things I support,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I hope that my fans can see that through the things that I\u2019m putting my energy towards.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tMcRae might be hoping fans will notice her support for organizations like the Trevor Project, which aims to end suicide among young LGBTQ+ communities, and the gender equality foundation Global Fund for Women. But some people on the internet have a hard time dismissing her collaboration with Morgan Wallen and her rumored relationship with NHL star Jack Hughes.<\/p>\n \n\tLast year, McRae turned into a lightning rod<\/a> for political projections when she joined Wallen on his single \u201cWhat I Want.\u201d At 33, Wallen has largely rebounded from the the 2021 moment when he was captured<\/a> on video spitting out a racial slur while drunk. He remains a chart-topping, stadium-filling act. The music that was pulled from radio and digital playlists has long since been reinstated. McRae earned her first and only Number One song when \u201cWhat I Want\u201d topped the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n \n\tMonths after the song\u2019s release, McRae told Rolling Stone <\/a><\/em>she just wanted to make a country song and \u201cdidn\u2019t realize how much a song would be connected to all the other factors, and it really shocked me.\u201d She also clarified that she\u2019d never met Wallen in person. <\/p>\n