Pop megastar Taylor Swift drew almost 9 million “likes” to her Instagram publish backing Vice President Kamala Harris for president from celebrities that included Jennifer Aniston, U.S. basketball star Caitlin Clark and Selena Gomez.
Soon after Harris, a Democrat, completed debating her Republican rival Donald Trump on Tuesday night time, Swift, 34, instructed her 283 million followers that Harris and working mate Tim Walz would get her vote within the Nov 5 election.
“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” Swift posted. She known as Harris a “steady-handed, gifted leader” who could lead on the nation with calm somewhat than chaos.
Supermodel Karlie Kloss, who’s married to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s brother, appreciated the publish.
Swift was pictured together with her cat within the publish, which she signed as “Childless Cat Lady” in a dig at Trump’s working mate JD Vance, who in a 2021 interview known as some Democrats “a bunch of childless cat ladies.” He has since mentioned it was merely a sarcastic comment.
“Parks and Recreation” and “The White Lotus” actor Aubrey Plaza echoed Swift’s endorsement in her personal Instagram publish on Wednesday, the place she held a cat alongside the caption “HARRIS WALZ” with an American flag emoji.
Trump supporter Elon Musk, who’s chief government of Tesla and owns social media platform X, wrote on his platform, “Fine Taylor … you win … I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life.”
His message was branded “disgusting,” “misogynistic” and “creepy.”
Swift wrote that she was impressed by Walz, the Minnesota governor, and described him as somebody “who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.”
Walz, who was on MSNBC when the endorsement was introduced, mentioned he was “incredibly grateful” and urged the singer’s massive fan base of “Swifties” to “Get things going.”
Shortly after Swift’s endorsement, the Harris-Walz marketing campaign introduced pre-orders for its newest marketing campaign put on: Swift fan impressed friendship bracelets.
TRUMP DISMISSES ENDORSEMENT
Trump on Wednesday dismissed Swift’s endorsement of Harris, saying he “was not a Taylor fan”.
“It was just a question of time,” Trump instructed Fox News in an interview. “She’s a very liberal person. She seems to always endorse a Democrat. And she’ll probably pay a price for it … in the marketplace.”
In August, Trump posted a faux social media picture of Swift asking folks to vote for him within the November election.
Swift referred to that in her Tuesday publish, saying Trump had “really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation.”
She added: “It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter.”
Opinion polls present the race primarily tied between the 2 candidates.
Harris, who helps abortion rights, has criticized Trump for appointing three of the Supreme Court justices who in 2022 helped overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling guaranteeing a constitutional proper to abortion.
Trump has defended the court docket’s abortion ruling however mentioned a federal abortion ban is pointless and that the difficulty needs to be resolved on the state degree.
Swift backed President Joe Biden in 2020. Many Hollywood actors, producers and filmmakers have mentioned they view Harris, a former U.S. senator from California, as their hometown candidate.
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