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I don't think many people are going to be influenced by a billionaire celebrity who I think is disconnected from the interests and the problems of most Americans.”
JD Vance talking about Taylor Swift I want everybody to vote,
In summary, they're big mad at a billionaire for being a billionaire because she won't endorse their billionaire,
Congratulations, you just described your running mate!"
another said in a video, also showing photos of Trump in his plush apartment I want everybody to vote, right? Everybody who is of, you know, legal age in this country should register to vote because that’s how we strengthen our democracy and that’s also how we strengthen the legitimacy of our democracy,
You don’t know what affects her! You don’t know about her money! … Shut up, JD!"
I’m sorry, that was very rude. Stop talking, JD."
She then reversed course somewhat, saying If you are over 18, please register to vote for something else that's very important coming up: The 2024 presidential election,
She signed it with a shot at JD Vance: ‘With love and hope, Taylor Swift Childless Cat Lady’, ... Good work JD, you really screwed the sofa bed with this one.”
You mean a disconnected billionaire celebrity like your running mate Donald Trump? The one who has a skyscraper with his name on it?”
Pursing his lips in disagreement, Kimmel said [It ... It’s a] statement so creepy it could be Trump’s running mate, JD Vance,
Luckily, they don’t need Taylor Swift. They’ve got some pretty darn talented singers in their own family.”
Kimmel continued to lampoon Trump’s campaign, saying His granddaughter, Arabella, Ivanka [Trump’s] daughter, two months ago had a Taylor Swift cake for her birthday,
While it was expected, it will still have a big impact as she is currently one of the most powerful people in the world (and far more powerful than she was in 2020). Her childless cat lady sign-off will go down in election lore."
Her camp will be hugely buoyed by the decision of the biggest personal brand in global entertainment to endorse the Democrat ticket straight after the candidates left the stage,
While Taylor Swift's endorsement of Kamala Harris—and her backhanded response to JD Vance's denigration of female cat owners—has caught the headlines, it is unlikely to cause a considerable surge in Harris' electability,
Most of Taylor's fans expected she would endorse Kamala at some point before the election, with the question ultimately not being if, but when. She endorsed Biden in October 2020, so fans were broadly expecting her to replicate that this year,
What is significant is Swift's encouragement to her followers to register to vote and turn out on Election Day. In an age of political apathy among youth voters around the world, Swift's call is important to ensuring the involvement of America's youth in their nation's democratic principles,
She knows that she's speaking to a number of people who will be voting either for the first time ever or for the first time for a president,
Megan Duncan, an associate professor at Virginia Tech specializing in political communication, told ABC News It's a huge voter block -- and not only that, but it's a voter block that we've seen be consequential with regards to elections, particularly with Donald Trump,
Marcus Collins, a marketing professor at the University of Michigan and author of the book "For The Culture," told ABC News