Taylor Swift arrives on the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday night time in Elmont, N.Y., a day after the singer-songwriter endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
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Former President Donald Trump has declared himself very a lot not a Swiftie.
Days after Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president, the Republican presidential nominee expressed his distaste for the mega pop star — in all caps.
“I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” Trump wrote in a publish on Fact Social on Sunday.
After the talk between Harris and Trump had wrapped on Tuesday night time, Swift threw her assist behind the Democratic vice chairman.
“She fights for the rights and causes I consider want a warrior to champion them,” Swift wrote to her greater than 280 million followers on Instagram. “I feel she is a steady-handed, gifted chief and I consider we will accomplish a lot extra on this nation if we’re led by calm and never chaos.”
Swift mentioned she was pushed to publicize her “precise plans for this election as a voter” after she grew to become conscious that Trump had pushed misinformation suggesting that he was getting her vote.
Final month, Trump shared an AI-generated picture of Swift in an Uncle Sam outfit giving a faux endorsement to his marketing campaign, together with different photographs selling the concept he’d gained over a few of her fanbase. “I settle for,” he mentioned in posting the pictures. He is since denied understanding something concerning the photographs.
Swift’s previous endorsements and political statements have a report of boosting civic engagement. Swift first made her political beliefs identified forward of the 2018 midterms, voicing her assist for LGBTQIA rights and gender and racial equality, when her endorsement of two Tennessee congressional candidates prompted tens of hundreds of individuals to register to vote.
Swift’s latest Instagram endorsement drove greater than 300,000 guests to the voter registration web site Vote.gov, NPR reported.
Whereas Swift might have sway, it’s not clear how a lot. An ABC Information/Ipsos ballot launched on Sunday discovered Swift’s endorsement had “little affect” on whether or not respondents could be extra more likely to vote for Harris.
And celeb endorsements even have the potential to backfire. The celeb might steal all the eye away from the candidate, or their followers might not share the identical politics.
On Wednesday, the day after the talk, Trump shrugged off Swift’s endorsement of Harris in an interview on the Fox Information present Fox & Mates.
“I used to be not a Taylor Swift fan,” Trump mentioned.
“It was only a query of time. She couldn’t probably endorse Biden,” he added. “However she’s a really liberal particular person. She appears to at all times endorse a Democrat and he or she’ll most likely pay a value for it within the market.”
That night time, at MTV’s Video Music Awards, Swift urged folks to register to vote whereas accepting the award for video of the yr, after a fan vote.
“Please register to vote for one thing else that’s crucial: our presidential election,” Swift mentioned.