Pop megastar Taylor Swift mentioned she’s supporting Kamala Harris for president this fall following Tuesday evening’s debate with Donald Trump.
“I shall be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz within the 2024 Presidential Election,” Swift wrote in a submit to her Instagram account. “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.”
The singer made her submit alongside a picture of her holding her cat, Benjamin Button, and signed her submit “Childless Cat Woman.” That’s an obvious reference to Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s derisive feedback concerning the nation being led by “a bunch of childless cat girls.” (Swift has three cats who’re all named after film or TV characters: Benjamin Button, Olivia Benson and Meredith Gray.)
Swift, arguably the most important movie star on the planet, mentioned “it’s a lot simpler to vote early” and that she would share info on methods to register and vote early on her accounts. She boasts an astounding social media attain with 283 million Instagram followers, and her submit obtained greater than 2.4 million likes throughout the first half-hour of it going up.
It’s not the primary time Swift has waded into electoral politics. She endorsed President Joe Biden’s 2020 marketing campaign and supported the Democratic challenger to Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s (R-Tenn.) profitable 2018 Senate bid.
Her endorsement of Biden didn’t come till early October.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz hailed the endorsement in an interview on MSNBC following the controversy.
“I am grateful to Taylor Swift, and I say that as a cat proprietor,” the Minnesota governor mentioned. “This would be the alternative for Swifties. Get on over and provides us a hand and get issues going.”
Taylor Swift’s “The Man,” a track about ladies going through double requirements of their careers, performed on the audio system after Harris gave a speech at a debate watch get together — minutes after the singer’s endorsement.
In her submit, Swift referenced Trump’s current use of AI imagery of her on his social media website Reality Social falsely suggesting she would help him.
The singer wrote it “actually conjured up my fears round AI, and the hazards of spreading misinformation.” She mentioned it satisfied her to be “very clear” about her voting plans.
The endorsement comes as Swift has drawn on-line criticism from liberals for her friendship with Brittany Mahomes, the spouse of Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who’s a teammate of Swift’s boyfriend Travis Kelce.
Brittany Mahomes appeared to like an Instagram post from Trump final month, and final week, the previous president praised her on Reality Social for defending him. Swift was photographed hugging Brittany Mahomes final weekend when the 2 had been on the U.S. Open.
Trump’s marketing campaign bashed the endorsement as “extra proof that the Democrat get together has develop into the get together of the rich elite.”
Kierra Frazier and Ally Mutnick contributed to this report.
