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Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris After Presidential Debate. Her Instagram post backing the vice president came shortly after Ms.
Updated 2024-Oct-06 21:34

A screen shot of an Instagram post in which Taylor Swift holds a cat.

A screen shot of an Instagram post in which Taylor Swift holds a cat.

First and foremost I am extremely thankful to Taylor Swift stated Mr. Walz placing his hand on his heart.
As a cat owner myself I also believe in the importance of being involved in civic duties. Swift has consistently encouraged her fans to participate in their civic duties sharing a picture of herself waiting in line on Election Day in 2016 which many interpreted as a subtle endorsement of Hillary Clinton.
It wasn t until 2018 however when she officially entered the political realm by endorsing Democrat Phil Bredesen over Republican Marsha Blackburn in a Tennessee Senate race.
Blackburn won in the deeply conservative state by a margin of over 10 percentage points. In a 2019 Vogue interview Ms.Swift expressed her desire to openly support Mrs. Clinton but had concerns about potential consequences.
She expressed her fear that Mr. Trump could potentially use the concept of celebrity endorsements as a weapon against her and Mrs.Swift also worried that any negative comments directed at her would also affect Ms. Swift went on to say: The previous summer everyone was repeating the same thing which was She s very deliberate.
She was on track to become the initial openly transgender Congressperson
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Ms. Swift’s endorsement was much anticipated among Democrats. The singer has expressed regret for not having done more to speak out about her opposition to Mr.Trump during his first run in 2016. Since then she has embraced a more political posture while speaking out on issues such as abortion access.
But the precise timing of Tuesday’s endorsement was something of a surprise: Ms. Swift endorsed Joe Biden on Oct.
7 2020 closer to the election. The impact of Ms. Swift’s endorsement may be hard to quantify but her ability to get supporters to register to vote came into sharp relief just last year.
In a brief post on her Instagram account in 2023 Ms. Swift encouraged her 272 million supporters at the time to vote and included a link to the website Vote.
Org. The site later reported 35 252 new registrations that day a significant jump compared with the previous year and an especially significant spike in a nonelection year.
On Tuesday Ms. Swift included a similar link to Vote. Gov in her Instagram story. In her post endorsing Ms.Harris Ms. Swift also referred to her fears about artificial intelligence. She pointed to content generated by the technology that had falsely suggested that she supported Mr.Trump which the former president promoted on social media. She underscored concerns that Americans would not know where she genuinely stood if she had not spoken out.
It really conjured up my fears around AI and the dangers of spreading misinformation Ms. Swift wrote.
It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter.
The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth. Mr. Trump has called Ms. Swift liberal but beautiful and he has praised a friend of hers Brittany Mahomes the wife of the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes as well.
Some fans of Ms. Swift had encouraged her to go public about her support for Ms. Harris to make a point of contrast after it appeared that Ms.Mahomes had liked one of Mr. Trump’s social media posts. Ms. Swift who has been a star musician spanning country and pop music for almost two decades is one of the few celebrities with broad appeal and the ability to cut through a crowded media environment.
Her romance with Travis Kelce the star tight end for the Chiefs has captivated the worlds of football and culture and she is in the final stages of a head spinning international tour that has sold out stadiums around the globe.
Karoline Leavitt a spokeswoman for the Trump campaign dismissed the endorsement as more evidence that the Democrat party has become the party of the wealthy elite.
In 2020 Ms. Swift’s endorsement of Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris generated significant backlash from conservatives who urged her to keep her music career apolitical.
Four years later her growing political involvement led to fevered speculation from Democrats about whether and when she would endorse Ms.Harris. Last month some fans became convinced that she was signaling her endorsement by posting a photo of one of her backup dancers in silhouette that bore a resemblance to the vice president.
 
She is not as she appears. She is as sneaky as a snake. She cannot be trusted. These insults were being thrown at Hillary in the exact same way.
Am I a positive support or a negative risk? Jess Bidgood Michael M. Grynbaum Julia Jacobs Jazmine Ulloa and Michael Gold all helped gather information.
Harris has actively included pop music in her campaign creating rallies that resemble concerts with performances from hip hop artists like Megan Thee Stallion and D.S setting the atmosphere.

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