It’s not that Kristi Noem, Aaron Rodgers, and Taylor Swift didn’t have their fans. They did, enough of them to finish third and tied for fourth, respectively. But if you want to dominate the Attention-Whore Index, it really helps to own a social-media platform and use it to disseminate misinformation that puts the lives of hurricane victims and rescue workers in peril (Elon Musk, 34 percent). Or, even better, quadruple down on the lies, insults, and hours-long muddles of sentence-fragment non sequiturs that pass for campaign speeches (Donald Trump, 37.3 percent). And then top that off by shuffling and swaying onstage to piped-in music for a very long time in front of puzzled supporters and concerned aides.
“That was a day of love.”
—Donald Trump, Talking about January 6
