Post by Admin on Sept 13, 2019 6:59:21 GMT
In 2012, Donald Trump called Taylor Swift “terrific” on Twitter. In 2015, conservative lawmakers invited Swift for personal tours of the Capitol and offered donors tickets to her concerts.
Though Swift has been a consistent LGBTQ ally over the years, she used to keep her voting record private. She told Time in 2012 about her political engagement: “I follow it, and I try to keep myself as educated and informed as possible. But I don’t talk about politics because it might influence other people. And I don’t think that I know enough yet in life to be telling people who to vote for.”
After receiving backlash from critics for not leveraging her platform for change during the 2016 election, Swift voiced her opinions before the 2018 Senate race in Tennessee and has grown more politically engaged in the past few months. After plugging a petition supporting the pro-LGBTQ Equality Act at the end of her “You Need to Calm Down” video, she called on the White House during her VMAs speech to recognize her advocacy, telling fans, “You voting for this video means that you want a world where we're all treated equally under the law, regardless of who we love, regardless of how we identify.”
Trump likes Swift 'about 25% less now'
Trump’s tone toward Swift has changed over the years. The president said last October that he liked her music “about 25% less now” after her endorsement of the Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen in Tennessee over the Republican candidate, Rep. Marsha Blackburn.
In Swift’s early years, before she made her political leanings known, Trump occasionally praised her on Twitter, writing in August 2012, “@taylorswift13 Thanks for the beautiful picture – you are fantastic!”
“Glad to hear that @taylorswift13 will be co-hosting the Grammy nominations special on 12.5. Taylor is terrific!” he tweeted later that year.
Republican lawmakers have a history of holding fundraisers that coincide with Swift’s Washington shows, offering concert tickets to donors and raising thousands of dollars in the process. Per The Daily Beast, “several Republicans and one Democrat” in Congress threw fundraisers at the Verizon Center (now Capital One Arena) during her “Speak Now” show in 2011.
Though Swift has been a consistent LGBTQ ally over the years, she used to keep her voting record private. She told Time in 2012 about her political engagement: “I follow it, and I try to keep myself as educated and informed as possible. But I don’t talk about politics because it might influence other people. And I don’t think that I know enough yet in life to be telling people who to vote for.”
After receiving backlash from critics for not leveraging her platform for change during the 2016 election, Swift voiced her opinions before the 2018 Senate race in Tennessee and has grown more politically engaged in the past few months. After plugging a petition supporting the pro-LGBTQ Equality Act at the end of her “You Need to Calm Down” video, she called on the White House during her VMAs speech to recognize her advocacy, telling fans, “You voting for this video means that you want a world where we're all treated equally under the law, regardless of who we love, regardless of how we identify.”
Trump likes Swift 'about 25% less now'
Trump’s tone toward Swift has changed over the years. The president said last October that he liked her music “about 25% less now” after her endorsement of the Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen in Tennessee over the Republican candidate, Rep. Marsha Blackburn.
In Swift’s early years, before she made her political leanings known, Trump occasionally praised her on Twitter, writing in August 2012, “@taylorswift13 Thanks for the beautiful picture – you are fantastic!”
“Glad to hear that @taylorswift13 will be co-hosting the Grammy nominations special on 12.5. Taylor is terrific!” he tweeted later that year.
Republican lawmakers have a history of holding fundraisers that coincide with Swift’s Washington shows, offering concert tickets to donors and raising thousands of dollars in the process. Per The Daily Beast, “several Republicans and one Democrat” in Congress threw fundraisers at the Verizon Center (now Capital One Arena) during her “Speak Now” show in 2011.