Posted on 10/08/2018 5:45:15 PM PDT by Ennis85
Taylor Swift has spoken out politically for the first time, publicly endorsing two Democrats for the upcoming US mid-term elections.
The 28-year-old says events in "the past two years" have meant she's no longer reluctant to share her views.
The singer wrote on Instagram: "I always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I believe we all deserve."
The elections are on 6 November.
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Taylor, who in June gave a speech in Chicago offering "love and respect" to LGBT people who haven't yet come out, will be voting in historically Republican state Tennessee.
"I believe in the fight for LGBT rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is wrong," she published to her 112m followers.
"I believe that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of colour is terrifying, sickening and prevalent."
Taylor spoke out against the Republican candidate who is currently elected in her home state.
"As much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appals and terrifies me," she wrote.
"She voted against equal pay for women. She voted against the Reauthorisation of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape."
One of the candidates endorsed by Taylor, former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, backed Brett Kavanaugh's controversial successful Supreme Court nomination.
Tennessee usually sides with President Donald Trump's Republican party, but recent polls suggest the result there could be close.
The reaction
The Instagram post has had more than a million likes, while users on Twitter used Taylor's letter as an opportunity to speak on one of her historical foes
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Celebrities always take the path thats easy and shallow.
Taylor isn’t Country any more. She crossed into Pop long ago and lost most of her Country fans already, including us.
She’s a multimillionaire.
I do think this will cost her fans, however.
Not sure she gives a rat’s ass anymore.
“I believe in the fight for LGBT rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is wrong,”
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Any form? To be straight is to say “no” sexually to people of the same sex. That’s discrimination isn’t it?
but Taylor darling, you were wise to keep your opinions to yourself and now you've gone and done it..
I dont get it. So many stories so many threads. An entertainer comes out as yet another lib puke. Its not exactly a stop the presses moment.
I guess John Mayer ruined her for other men. Maybe she is more comfortable in the arms of a butch women. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Her recent tour, Reputation has not had a single sold out venue.
The BBC reports this as if it were news? Who cares what celebrities think (using the term loosely)? Anyone who would be swayed by the opinion of a singer shouldnt be allowed to vote.
What an idiot. He lets side with the party that depressed the economy so people can’t afford my overpriced ticket. Hell with her.
I see her being the Opening Act for the Dixie Chicks at the Possumbutt County Fair.
She “breaks her silence!” What did she do let a fart?
:^)
The democrats probably blackmailed her and told her she would be revealed as a lesbian.
Thats true. Never expected more out out of her, it it would have been a nice surprise.
So another Pop Tart goes political? Whoop-ti-doo.
Check out Smosh’s take on Taylor Swift. Or Bart Baker’s. Classic.
I do not now, nor ever in the future, care what celebrities and sports figures think or believe.
They have one of their big circle jerk awards shows, I think tonight. This is a move to sway the judges in her favor and grant her some attention before the stupid awards no one watches.
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