Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris: Will it make a difference?

After the Harris-Trump debate, Swift posts online that she will be voting for Harris and Walz

Soon after Kamala Harris and Donald Trump left the Philadelphia stage following the United States presidential debate, musician Taylor Swift threw her support behind Harris.

Swift posted a picture of herself and her pet cat on Tuesday night with a lengthy caption explaining why she will be voting for Democrat Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz.

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In the caption of her Instagram post on Tuesday, Swift began by saying she watched the debate, urging her 284 million followers to do their research on the key issues and candidates before the November 5 election. “As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies,” she wrote.

She then expressed fears around the misuse of artificial intelligence to spread misinformation. In August, Trump, on his online platform Truth Social, posted AI-generated images of Swift and her fans appearing to endorse Trump. Some of these AI deep fakes showed her fans wearing T-shirts with the text “Swifties for Trump”.

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Trump Dismisses Endorsement

“It was just a question of time,” Trump told Fox News in an interview. “She’s a very liberal person. She seems to always endorse a Democrat. And she’ll probably pay a price for it … in the marketplace.”

In August, Trump posted a fake social media image of Swift asking people to vote for him in the November election.

Swift referred to that in her Tuesday post, saying Trump had “really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation

She added: “It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter.”

Opinion polls show the race essentially tied between the two candidates.

Harris, who supports abortion rights, has criticized Trump for appointing three of the Supreme Court justices who in 2022 helped overturn the 1973 FAQs:

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Trump: Swift will ‘pay a price’

Mr Trump dismissed the singer’s endorsement of the Harris campaign, saying he “was not a Taylor fan” and “she’ll probably pay a price for it in the marketplace”.

During a phone call with Fox News he said: “It was just a question of time, she couldn’t possibly endorse Biden. She’s a very liberal person. She seems to always endorse a Democrat

Soon after the debate, the Harris campaign celebrated the endorsement on X by showcasing Harris-Walz friendship bracelets.Friendship bracelets have become synonymous with Swift and her sold-out Eras tour with fans exchanging them with one another.Referencing the lyrics of Swift’s hit …Ready For It? – Ms Harris’s team posted an image of the bracelets, which can be purchased on the campaign’s official website, saying: “Are you ready for it? Harris-Walz friendship bracelets have hit the store