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.

 

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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,” 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.”

Taylor Swift with an I voted pin

Kamala Harris at presidential debate 2024

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.

 Kamala Harris speaks during a presidential debate

 Kamala Harris speaks during a presidential debate

“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.  Donald Trump speaks during a presidential debate

Taylor Swift presidential endorsement for Donald Trump generated by AI

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.

Taylor Swift and her cat Meredith

Taylor Swift and her cat Meredith

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