Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris for president, condemns AI-generated Donald Trump support
Taylor Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris for president.
The 14-time Grammy winner shared her support for the current vice president on Instagram — just minutes after the end of Tuesday night’s presidential debate.
“I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election,” Swift, 34, posted.
“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” she continued.
“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.
“I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate @timwalz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.”
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Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president Tuesday evening. taylorswift/Instagram
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The singer shared her thoughts on the upcoming 2024 election directly after Tuesday’s presidential debate between Vice President Harris, pictured above, and former President Donald Trump. Getty Images
Swift also condemned a recently generated artificial intelligence photo that showed her “falsely” supporting former President Donald Trump.
“It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation,” she explained.
“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.”
The “Cruel Summer” hitmaker said she watched Tuesday’s debate and encouraged fans to do their research “on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter” most to them.
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The “Karma” hitmaker described Harris, pictured above, as “a steady-handed, gifted leader” in her Instagram post on Tuesday. AFP via Getty Images
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“I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos,” Swift wrote of Harris, pictured above during Tuesday’s presidential debate. AFP via Getty Images
“As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies and plans for this country,” she wrote.
Wrapping up her post, Swift also reminded first-time voters that they must register to be able to make their voices heard.
“I also find it’s much easier to vote early,” she added. “I’ll link where to register and find early voting dates and info in my story.”
She signed off her post as a “Childless Cat Lady,” taking aim at Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s viral “childless cat ladies” comment.
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The pop star also condemned a recent AI photo that wrongfully showed her supporting Trump, pictured above at Tuesday’s debate. AP
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Swift said the image, seen here, “conjured up [her] fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation.” akafacehots/Twitter
Vance’s eyebrow-raising comment came during a 2021 interview with Fox News as he claimed that America was being controlled by Democrats, corporate honchos and “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made” and therefore “want to make the rest of the country miserable, too.”
As Swifties know, the pop star has been a longtime cat mom of three. Along with her endorsement, she shared an image of herself and her cat Benjamin Button from the photo shoot for her 2023 Time Person of the Year cover.
Swift’s endorsement of Harris, 59, comes after fans debated whether she would make a political statement ahead of this year’s election.
She has previously been an open critic of Trump, 78, and expressed regret in her 2020 Netflix documentary, “Taylor Swift: Miss Americana,” for not speaking out ahead of the 2016 election.
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The “Love Story” songstress signed off her message as a “Childless Cat Lady,” which took aim at Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s viral comments. Instagram/Taylor Swift
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Swift is the proud owner of three cats. Instagram/Taylor Swift
In May 2020, she criticized Trump for his rhetoric surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement.
“After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? ‘When the looting starts the shooting starts’??? We will vote you out in November. @realdonaldtrump,” she tweeted at the time.
She also blasted the former president in August 2020 over his handling of US Postal Service funding to allegedly prevent mail-in ballots, accusing him of trying to “blatantly cheat and put millions of Americans’ lives at risk in an effort to hold on to power.”
Swift’s endorsement of Harris, meanwhile, comes after her close pal Brittany Mahomes came under fire for alleged support of Trump on social media.
