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Pop superstar Taylor Swift has explained her decision not to endorse Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election, arguing that Donald Trump was successfully weaponizing the concept of “celebrity endorsements” and would portray the pair as “the two nasty women.”
In a lengthy interview with Vogue, Swift admitted that she did not believe her endorsement would help Hillary’s campaign, despite widespread pressure on her to do so.
“Unfortunately in the 2016 election, you had a political opponent who was weaponizing the idea of the celebrity endorsement. He was going around saying, I’m a man of the people. I’m for you. I care about you. I just knew I wasn’t going to help,” she explained. “Also, you know, the summer before that election, all people were saying was She’s calculated. She’s manipulative. She’s not what she seems. She’s a snake. She’s a liar. These are the same exact insults people were hurling at Hillary.
“Would I be an endorsement or would I be a liability? Look, snakes of a feather flock together. Look, the two lying women. The two nasty women. Literally millions of people were telling me to disappear. So I disappeared. In many senses.
The 29-year-old singer also explained that she had become more interested in LGBT rights as “rights are being stripped from basically everyone who isn’t a straight white cisgender male.”
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It’s sad to know that some people would actually vote based on a celebrity endorsement. Unfortunately we all know that it has happened and will continue to, as there are many people that are not prepared to make their own evaluation of the candidates, and they consider their favorite celebrities to know it all.
not sure how anybody can say cisgender with a straight face.
she attacked the Republican woman in Tenn who won her senate race last year so it seems insincere for her to say she didn't come out for Hillary because Trump would exploit the celebrity thing.
Well, at least Taylor is a lot easier on the eyes than Hillary.
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