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Yesterday, musical megastar Taylor Swift took to Instagram to talk about something she has never publicly addressed before: her politics. In a lengthy post, Swift decried discrimination and anti-LGBTQ sentiment before calling on voters in Tennessee to support Democrat Phil Bredesen over Republican Marsha Blackburn in the upcoming Senate election.
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Right-wing ideologues, who have long held Swift up as some kind of weird Aryan white woman paradigm, were outraged at what they see as a betrayal and what most Americans see as common decency on her part.
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It took courage on her part because she received exactly the kind of backlash any reasonable person would expect in a political landscape as polarized as this one. While it’s safe to assume her career will do more than just survive, she will certainly lose some fans in the process of standing up for what is right.
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Now, the Grand Bigot himself Donald Trump has addressed the growing Taylor Swift firestorm. Today, reporters asked the president what he thought about the country music singer “stepping into politics.” Trump asked what she had to say, and a reporter relayed that she is calling on Americans to vote for Democratic candidates. Trump wasn’t pleased.
“You know well, Marsha Blackburn is doing a very good job in Tennessee. She’s leading now substantially, which she should, she’s a tremendous woman. I’m sure Taylor Swift has nothing or doesn’t know anything about her. And, uh, let’s say that I like Taylor’s music about 25% less now,” Trump said.
Of course, Swift clearly demonstrated in her Instagram post that she knows more than enough about Blackburn to oppose her and even cited specific pieces of her voting record that show her to be unfit for public office. It’s laughable that Trump and other right-wing pundits will praise celebrities like Kanye West for wearing a MAGA hat, but claim that any celebrity who opposes Republicans should be ignored and mocked. The double-standard is staggering.
"Let's say that I like Taylor's music about 25% less now," Pres. Trump jokes following Taylor Swift's endorsement of Democratic Tennessee senatorial candidate Phil Bredesen. https://t.co/D0fh71pQFl pic.twitter.com/4qeR6fCZcr
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