Trump is down bad for Swifties’ votes.
Swifties for Trump seems unlikely.
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Donald Trump seems to think he’s going to get the Swifties on his side. Or at least he’s trying.
You’d be forgiven if you missed it, but Trump posted about Taylor Swift and her legion of fans on his website Truth Social, where you can often find the former president ranting. Trump posted a bunch of images of people supposedly in “Swifties for Trump” shirts, writing, “I accept!” Now, to be clear, the vast majority of these “people” were AI-created. See for yourself.
In two photos, there appeared to be one real woman wearing a Swifties for Trump shirt and then a few AI-generated women that people claimed were “supporting” Trump. The claim that these women are now supporting Trump after Swift’s Vienna concerts were canceled due to terror threats is fake. The images and the story itself are not authentic. The image Trump shared is even clearly labeled “satire.”
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So it seems like Trump is trying to court Swifties and Taylor Swift, which is undoubtedly a choice. Swift herself has proven time and again that she’s not a fan of Trump. She publicly endorsed President Joe Biden and VP-turned-nominee Kamala Harris back in 2020. While she hasn’t endorsed a candidate in 2024, imagining a world where she backed Trump is nearly impossible.
Now, are there Swifties who support Trump? Of course. Swift is perhaps the most famous musician in the world. She has so many fans that there is bound to be some overlap. That doesn’t mean a significant portion of the fandom backs Trump. It doesn’t even mean that most of the fandom backs Harris, either. But, if anything, Swifties have mobilized in the VP’s direction. A coalition of fans started Swifties4Kamala, which has racked up more than 200k followers across social media platforms. They plan to mobilize voters; thousands have already signed up for a Zoom call.
So yes, Trump appears to be courting Swifties, and no, it doesn’t seem to be working at all.
Tim Marcin is a culture reporter at Mashable, where he writes about food, fitness, weird stuff on the internet, and, well, just about anything else. You can find him posting endlessly about Buffalo wings on Twitter at @timmarcin.
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