After Trump Claimed Fake Taylor Swift Endorsement, Her Fans Make Real Push for Harris
August 30, 2024
New York Times – Tim Balk
Thousands of the musician’s ardent followers are working to get out the vote and raise money for Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign.
Nine days after former President Donald J. Trump falsely claimed to accept an endorsement from the pop superstar Taylor Swift, thousands of Swift fans, including some high-profile cultural and political figures, gathered on a video call with the goal of ensuring his defeat.
They shared their favorite Swift songs. They quoted their favorite Swift lines. And then they assailed Mr. Trump’s political agenda as a threat to women.
One fan, the singer Carole King, sang Ms. Swift’s song “Shake It Off.” Another, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, described Mr. Trump as a bully who was “trying to claw us back into the dark days.”
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