Taylor Swift endorses Harris after debate

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Pop superstar Taylor Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential candidacy on Tuesday night after the high-stakes debate with former President Donald Trump, calling the Democratic nominee a "steady-handed, gifted leader."

"I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election," Swift said in a post on Instagram to her more than 283 million followers. "I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos."

Swift went on to say that she was "heartened and impressed" by Harris' selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, praising him as a champion of "LGBTQ+ rights, IVF and a woman's right to own her body for decades."

"I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice," the Grammy-winning artist added. "Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make. I also want to say, especially to first time voters: Remember that in order to vote, you have to be registered! I also find it’s much easier to vote early. I’ll link where to register and find early voting dates and info in my story."

Swift, 34, signed her post "Childless Cat Lady" — a reference to language used by Trump's running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, to describe women who do not have kids. Swift included a photo of herself holding her cat, Benjamin Button, who has graced the cover of Time magazine with the singer.

Swift's endorsement came as a surprise to the Harris campaign, two campaign officials told NBC News. The campaign views the singer's backing as part of a "decisive victory" for the vice president on the debate stage and speaks to her ability to attract support, one of the officials said.

The endorsement had been widely anticipated. Swift threw her support behind President Joe Biden and Harris during the 2020 presidential election. Swift allowed the Biden-Harris campaign to use her song “Only the Young” in an advertisement during the 2020 cycle.

Swift once shied away from weighing in on American politics. But with the release of her documentary "Miss Americana" in 2020, she became more vocal. The movie chronicled her behind-the-scenes fight to publicly denounce Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., then a member of the House. She endorsed Blackburn's Senate opponent, Phil Bredesen.

Blackburn ultimately won the race, but Swift's post on Instagram encouraging people to register to vote activated waves of young people, Vote.org said at the time.

In November, a national NBC News poll found 40% of registered voters had positive views of Swift, while 16% had negative views. A majority of Democrats (53%) viewed her positively, while 28% of Republicans said the same.

In the Instagram post, Swift also criticized social media users who have circulated images generated by artificial intelligence falsely stating that she had endorsed the Trump-Vance ticket. Trump shared a series of those images on his Truth Social platform.

"Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site. It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation," she said. "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."

Swifties for Kamala, a group of fans who have no official affiliation with either woman, said they were "thrilled."

"We’ve had no doubt that Taylor would endorse at the right time and are excited about the momentum she will bring to this campaign," Irene Kim, the group's co-founder, said in a statement.

Elon Musk responds to taylor swift by insinuating he will inseminate her???
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/c ... cf5fffb2a6

I mean....what?

Elon Musk responds to taylor swift by insinuating he will inseminate her???
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/c ... cf5fffb2a6

I mean....what?

Creepy and weird.

I don't know why Musk thought this was a "gotcha". Instead it's just more fuel for the fire for Democrats to point out that right wingers are weird. lol

It has always been claimed that the amount of media coverage celebrity endorsements get is much larger then the effect they have on elections if they have any effect at all. This is the ultimate test of that because not only is nobody as close to as popular as Swift, the Swifties are arguably the most devoted fans since the emergence of the Deadheads. While the Grateful Dead were and still are popular any comparison to Swift is laughable.

Not as creepy as Trump saying immigrants eat their pet dogs. IMHO the most racist thing Trump has ever said and that is saying a lot.

Not as creepy as Trump saying immigrants eat their pet dogs. IMHO the most racist thing Trump has ever said and that is saying a lot.

No.
Trump was being offensive. But not exactly being "creepy".

Though for Trump that was actually a step down. He was trying persuade us that all immigrants were "Hannibal Lector" and ate humans. I guess he recently decided that settling for just trying persuade us that immigrants just eat campanion animals -that it might get more traction.

But Elon was being more ...creepy. More skin-crawl factor.

When Trump said "if Ivanka werent my daughter I would be dating her" that was 'creepy'.

strange or unnatural and making you feel frightened:
a creepy film
a creepy smile

unpleasant and making you feel uncomfortable, especially because of sexual behavior that is not wanted or not appropriate:

Trump’s statement about Ivanka, and Elon’s about Swift was creepy also. We can argue about which is more creepy, but either way both statements should be disqualifying.