Less than two months before the US presidential election, Taylor Swift has gone viral with an Instagram post. After the first confrontation between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on Tuesday, the singer expressed her convictions, despite what some people might say.
True to her authenticity, Taylor Swift once again made headlines on September 11. After a heated televised debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in Philadelphia on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, the singer reacted shortly after 11 p.m. by addressing her community directly on her Instagram account.
“Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight,” she begins. “I will vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 presidential election […]. I did my research and made my choice,” she continues. “I was so heartened and impressed by his selection of running mate @timwalz, who has been an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and women’s rights to their own bodies for decades,” she said.
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The American singer bares her claws
Concluding with a “Childness Cat Lady”, in other words the “Cat Lady without children”, Taylor Swift even directly attacks the former American president. A reminder of her speech in a 2021 video, blaming the Democrats as a bunch of “unhappy cat women”. An ironic message, at the same time synonymous with his love for cats and a sarcastic way of denying any support for him.
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“I recently learned that an AI of ‘me’ falsely supporting Donald Trump’s presidential campaign had been published on his website,” she recalls.The opportunity to also fight against disinformation and the misleading use of AI, of which it has been a victim on several occasions.
While the American made sure to limit comments, probably to avoid stirring up hatred, it generated more than 7 million likes. Kamala Harris’ running mate, Tim Walz, himself reacted by saying he was “incredibly grateful” and declaring that ” This is the kind of courage we need in America, to stand up.”.
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Taylor Swift, between musical icon and political figure
Followed by 283 million people on Instagram, Taylor Swift has developed a community of fans, the Swifties, and has become a real international icon. Her sixth tour has become legendary and concluded her rise to a true global star. On tour since 2023 in America, Europe and Asia, the girlfriend of footballer Travis Kelce will perform the 152nd concert of “The Eras Tour” on December 8. She was even voted Person of the Year 2023 by Time magazine.
But while Taylor Swift’s stance is making noise, this isn’t the first time her political opinion has resonated so much. In 2020, during the last American presidential election, the singer had already expressed her support for the Vice President of the United States, this time posing with cookies with the slogans “Biden Harris 2020”.
Taylor Swift takes sides with Kamala Harris on Instagram in October 2020
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It was only two years earlier, during the 2018 mid-term legislative elections, that the star declared his beliefs publicly for the first time.
Increasing political participation at all costs
After hiding her political ideas for many years, it was in the Netflix documentary “Miss Americana”, broadcast in 2019, that the star decided to assert herself. Taylor Swift declared that she had the right and the courage to explicitly communicate her opinions and wanted to influence young voters to listen to themselves and express themselves freely, too.
In 2023, his call to vote actually worked. On the occasion of National Voter Registration Day, one of his Instagram posts brought in more than 35,000 new voters.
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