Taylor Swift backs ‘gifted leader’ Kamala Harris for US president
The pop star said ‘I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos’
Taylor Swift, a self-declared “childless cat lady,” has endorsed Kamala Harris for president of the United States.
The global megastar broke her silence on the current state of US politics on Tuesday, voicing support for Harris over Donald Trump for the White House, and calling the Democratic candidate a “steady-handed, gifted leader.”
“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” Swift wrote. “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.”
She signed off her Instagram post by dubbing herself a “childless cat lady,” a swipe at a much-mocked sentiment expressed by Republican vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance which he had wielded in a bid to insult Democratic women.
Until Tuesday, Swift had been conspicuously quiet on the subject, even as many of her fans began organising under the banner “Swifties for Kamala” and raising tens of thousands of dollars for the Democratic hopeful.
