Taylor Swift has officially made her endorsement following the presidential debate.
Swift posted to Instagram Tuesday night announcing that she will be voting for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz.
Taylor Swift and Kamala Harris. There is a Swifties for Harris event Tuesday, Aug. 27.
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“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” Swift posted to Instagram. “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.”
Swift shared that she hopes her fans also do their research like she has done.
“Remember that in order to vote, you have to be registered!” Swift posted. “I also find it’s much easier to vote early. I’ll link where to register and find early voting dates and info in my story.”
Swift also responded to use of artificial intelligence images of Swift by former President Donald Trump to “endorse him.”
“It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation,” Swift said. “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.”
Trump later told Fox Business that he didn’t know anything about the images.
“I don’t know anything about them, other than somebody else generated them,” Trump said. “I didn’t generate them. Somebody came out. They said, oh, look at this. These were all made up by other people. A.I. is always very dangerous in that way. It’s happening with me too. They’re making — having me speak. I speak perfectly, I mean, absolutely perfectly on A.I., and I’m, like, endorsing other products and things. It’s a little bit dangerous out there.”
In 2020, Swift accused Trump of “stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism” and putting “millions of Americans’ lives at risk in an effort to hold on to power.”
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