Taylor Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris for president simply moments after the top of her presidential debate towards Donald Trump.
In an Instagram publish on Tuesday night time, the pop star stated she had performed her “analysis”.
“I might be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz within the 2024 Presidential Election,” she stated. “I am voting for @kamalaharris as a result of she fights for the rights and causes I imagine want a warrior to champion them.”
Swift went on to name Harris a “steady-handed, gifted chief”.
“I imagine we are able to accomplish a lot extra on this nation if we’re led by calm and never chaos,” she wrote.
Swift introduced the information alongside a photograph of her with a cat and signed it “Childless Cat Woman”, a reference to feedback made by Donald Trump’s vice-presidential candidate JD Vance.
The Ohio senator has confronted a backlash from a 2021 clip during which he known as a number of distinguished Democrats – together with Harris – “a bunch of childless cat women who’re depressing at their very own lives”.
Swift went on to go with Harris’s selection of vice-presidential candidate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who she stated had been “been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a lady’s proper to her personal physique for many years”.
The singer stated she was partly motivated to share her voting resolution with the general public after an AI picture of her falsely endorsing Trump was posted on his web site.
“It actually conjured up my fears round AI, and the risks of spreading misinformation,” she stated. “It introduced me to the conclusion that I should be very clear about my precise plans for this election as a voter.”
Swift is one in all a number of celebrities to endorse Harris, together with singers John Legend and Olivia Rodrigo, actor George Clooney and director Spike Lee.
Former wrestler Hulk Hogan, TV star Amber Rose and billionaire Elon Musk have endorsed Trump.
Swift’s endorsement of Harris got here after a fiery 90-minute presidential debate, throughout which the 2 candidates sparred over points corresponding to abortion rights, the economic system and immigration.
It isn’t the primary time the pop star has endorsed the Democratic nominee in a race towards Trump. Swift introduced her assist for President Joe Biden and Harris as his vice-president a month earlier than the 2020 election.
Swift was additionally a vocal critic of Trump throughout his presidency surrounding the nationwide protests over the police homicide of George Floyd.
“After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your total presidency, you have got the nerve to feign ethical superiority earlier than threatening violence?” she posted on Twitter/X. “We are going to vote you out in November.”
The singer has 283 million followers on Instagram. Her endorsement had acquired greater than two million likes on Instagram simply half an hour after she posted it.
In her publish, Swift urged first-time voters to register and stated she would publish a hyperlink with extra voting data on her web page.
“I’ve performed my analysis, and I’ve made my selection,” she stated. “Your analysis is all yours to do, and the selection is yours to make.”
