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Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris After Presidential Debate With Donald Trump
Donald Trump is going backmost to the White House—this time, with Vice President JD Vance.
The Republican campaigner has officially been projected to triumph the 2024 U.S. statesmanlike election, according to NBC News, beating retired his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and her moving mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. He volition go the 47th president of the United States. He antecedently served arsenic the 45th president alongside erstwhile Vice President Mike Pence. However, the duo mislaid to President Joe Biden and Harris during the 2020 election.
“I privation to convey the American radical for the bonzer grant of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,” Trump said astatine a run enactment Nov. 6, per NBC News. "This was a question similar nary 1 has ever seen before. Frankly, I judge this was the top governmental question of each time.”
Trump—dad to Donald Trump Jr., 46, Ivanka Trump, 42, and Eric Trump, 40, with his precocious ex-wife Ivana Trump, arsenic good arsenic Tiffany Trump, 31, with 2nd woman Marla Maples, and lad Barron Trump, 18, with the First Lady Melania Trump—was supported by his household arsenic helium delivered his code astatine Florida's Palm Beach Convention Center.
“Now it is going to scope a caller level of importance,” the 78-year-continued. “Because we are going to assistance our state heal.”
Trump, the third president successful American past to ever beryllium impeached by the House of Representatives and the archetypal impeached president to question re-election, was besides joined onstage by VP-elect Vance.
“I admit you allowing maine to articulation you connected this unthinkable journey,” Vance told Trump. “I deliberation we conscionable witnessed the top governmental comeback successful the past of the United States of America.”
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This triumph for Trump comes aft a bid of highs and lows for his campaign. Back successful July, portion connected the run way successful Butler, Pennsylvania, the erstwhile Apprentice big was changeable successful his ear onstage astatine his rally aft Thomas Matthew Crooks—who was aboriginal changeable and killed by the Secret Service—opened fire, sidesplitting spectator Corey Comperatore and injuring others.
The First Lady also spoke out astir the incident.
"When I watched that convulsive slug onslaught my husband, Donald, I realized my life, and Barron’s life, were connected the brink of devastating change," she wrote successful a missive published connected Instagram July 14. "I americium grateful to the brave concealed work agents and instrumentality enforcement officials who risked their ain lives to support my husband."
Days later, Trump announced Ohio legislator Vance arsenic his VP prime implicit the summer, during the Republican National Convention.
"J.D. honorably served our Country successful the Marine Corps," Trump wrote connected his Truth Social level July 15, "graduated from Ohio State University successful 2 years, Summa Cum Laude, and is simply a Yale Law School Graduate, wherever helium was Editor of The Yale Law Journal, and President of the Yale Law Veterans Association."
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The statesmanlike contention got different unexpected shakeup implicit the summertime erstwhile Biden ended his campaign and endorsed Harris arsenic the Democratic nominee.
"It has been the top grant of my beingness to service arsenic your President," the 81-year-old wrote successful a statement shared to societal media July 21. "And portion it has been my volition to question reelection, I judge it is successful the champion involvement of my enactment and the state for maine to basal down and to absorption solely connected fulfilling my duties arsenic President for the remainder of my term."
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On Sept. 10, Trump and Harris faced disconnected successful a statesmanlike debate, 1 that included headline-making comments from Trump astir immigrants successful America.
However, moderator David Muir fact-checked Trump, noting on-air that ABC News reached retired to the metropolis manager of Springfield, who denied allegations of radical eating pets.
The speech sparked a societal media frenzy, with Flavor Flav adjacent weighing in.
"Pet Shop Boys amended enactment wrong and fastener the doors," he wrote X, formerly known arsenic Twitter. "You too Snoop Dogg. And Pitbull."
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Following the debate, Taylor Swift endorsed Harris for president successful a connection to 283 cardinal Instagram followers.
"Recently I was made alert that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s statesmanlike tally was posted to his site," she wrote. "It truly conjured up my fears astir AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought maine to the decision that I request to beryllium precise transparent astir my existent plans for this predetermination arsenic a voter. The simplest mode to combat misinformation is with the truth."
Swift went connected to stock wherefore she's supporting the Harris-Walz ticket.
"I’m voting for @kamalaharris due to the fact that she fights for the rights and causes I judge request a warrior to champion them," the "Blank Space" vocalist wrote. "I deliberation she is simply a steady-handed, talented person and I judge we tin execute truthful overmuch much successful this state if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was truthful heartened and impressed by her enactment of moving mate @timwalz, who has been lasting up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s close to her ain assemblage for decades."
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"I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice," Swift concluded. "Your probe is each yours to do, and the prime is yours to make."
The 34-year-old signed disconnected by referring to herself arsenic a "Childless Cat Lady," a reference to Vance's arguable comments.
Following Swift's endorsement of his opponent, Trump told Fox News Sept. 11 that helium likes her person Brittany Mahomes, the woman of NFL prima Patrick Mahomes, "much better."
"I deliberation Brittany is great. She's a large MAGA fan," Trump claimed. "She's the 1 I similar overmuch amended than Taylor Swift. Wife of the large quarterback. I deliberation she's terrific."
Days later, connected Sept. 15, Trump doubled down connected his comments, declaring connected Truth Social, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
Neither Swift nor the Mahomes household responded to Trump's comments.
And now, his run has secured the indispensable 270 electoral votes needed to triumph the 2024 election.
Trump volition beryllium inaugurated connected January 20, 2025.
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