You cant like all the people all of the time even if youre as popular asTaylor Swift.
(And she certainly didnt have Parental Advisory stickers on her CDs.)
The latters Welcome to New York signaled a new, cosmopolitan life far from the backroads of country radio.
Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour.Emma McIntyre/TAS23/Getty Images/TAS Rights Management
Trump was their man.
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Swift had countersued for assault and battery, seeking a symbolic $1 in damages.
lmao Marsha Blackburn is terrified of Taylor Swift.
Get a load of this response.pic.twitter.com/DvbMzPPynG
2019-2020: The Activist
By 2019, Swifts politics were no mystery.
Any far-right fan clinging to the notion that she harbored extremist views wouldve been in clinical denial.
Ben Shapiro, for one,complainedof her abrupt and obviously pandering shift into a political wokescold.
At last, Swift also formally denounced any admiration from the racist far right in acover story interviewwithRolling Stone.
Theres literally nothing worse than white supremacy, she said.
There should be no place for it.
Fair to say that whatever remaining allure she had for reactionaries and Trump voters had completely dried up.
Racial injustice has been ingrained deeply into local and state governments, and changes MUST be made there.
Was it not enough that Swift should have a chokehold on the music industry, these detractors asked.
Along the way, crusty conservative publications disgorged a slew of anti-Swiftie polemics.
TheFederalistswung for the fences with a column headlined Taylor Swifts Popularity Is a Sign of Societal Decline.
Whats happening with Taylor Swift is not organic,seethednotorious former Trump adviserStephen Miller.
One-timePizzagatepromoter Jack Posobiectweetedthat the Taylor Swift girlboss psyop has been fully activated.
She selected Minnesota Gov.Tim Walzas her running mate and headlined acelebratory DNCas her campaign gathered momentum and enthusiasm.
Over these weeks, Swift faced increasing pressure to wield her influence by endorsing Harris.
That one was captioned Taylor Wants You to Vote for Donald Trump.
In his Truth Social post disseminating the images, Trump wrote, I accept!
I was not a Taylor Swift fan, Trump said the next morning when hecalled into Fox News.
He commented that he liked Brittany Mahomes better, evidently looking to drive a wedge between the women.
Trumps running mate, Sen. J.D.
Vance, also on Fox News, tried to play down Swifts importance in the election.
Other far-right pundits kept their takes bluntly contemptuous.
You are too stupid to vote.
Overall web searches for registration resourcesjumped as well.
Its been a long, dramatic evolution for Swifts political identity not unlike the trajectory of her music career.
ET with details of Swifts political activity during the 2024 election and the far rights reactions.
This story was updated 2/12/25 @ 4:11 p.m.
ET with details from both Trump and Swifts appearances at Super Bowl LIX.
Additional reporting by:Jon Blistein.
