Swift bætist í fjölmennan hóp þeirra sem Trump hefur móðgað

Söng­konan Taylor Swift ákvað í gær að greina frá stjórn­mála­skoð­unum sínum á sam­fé­lags­miðlum en hingað til hefur hún forð­ast að tala um stjórn­mál. Í gær lýsti hún yfir stuðn­ing sínum við tvo fram­bjóð­endur Demókra­ta­flokks­ins fyrir þing­kosn­ing­arnar sem verða í nóv­em­ber.

Eftir að Swift greindi frá stjórn­mála­skoð­unum sínum sagði Donald Trump Banda­ríkja­for­seti í sam­tali við fjöl­miðla að honum líki 25% minna við tón­list hennar núna. Þá gaf hann einnig í skyn að hana skorti þekk­ingu á því sem hún sagði á Instagram.

Meðal þess sem Swift sagði á Instagram er að hún gæti ekki með góðri sam­visku kosið Mörshu Blackburn, þing­mann Repúblik­ana í Tennessee. „Ég er viss um að Taylor Swift veit ekk­ert um hana [Mörshu],“ sagði Trump í svari sínu.

Eftir að Taylor Swift greindi frá stjórn­mála­skoð­unum sínum er hún komin í hóp fjöl­margra frægra ein­stak­linga sem Trump hefur deilt við opin­ber­lega og móðgað. Dæmi um þekkta ein­stak­linga sem Trump hefur átt í úti­stöðum við í gegnum fjöl­miðla og sam­fé­lags­miðla eru Chrissy Teigen, Stephen King, Rosie O’Donnell, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Curry, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Oprah, Snoop Dogg, Meryl Streep, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Whoopi Goldberg, Samuel L. Jackson og svona mætti lengi áfram telja.

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I’m writing this post about the upcoming midterm elections on November 6th, in which I’ll be vot­ing in the state of Tennessee. In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political opinions, but due to several events in my life and in the world in the past two years, I feel very differ­ently about that now. I always have and always will cast my vote based on which candidate will protect and fight for the human rights I beli­eve we all des­erve in this country. I beli­eve in the fight for LGBTQ rights, and that any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I beli­eve that the systemic racism we still see in this country towards people of color is ter­ri­fy­ing, sickening and prevalent. I cannot vote for some­one who will not be willing to fight for dignity for ALL Americans, no matter their skin color, gender or who they love. Running for Senate in the state of Tennessee is a woman named Marsha Blackburn. 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 appalls and ter­rifies me. She voted aga­inst equal pay for women. She voted aga­inst the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape. She beli­eves businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also beli­eves they should not have the right to marry. These are not MY Tennessee values. I will be vot­ing for Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for House of Repres­enta­ti­ves. Please, ple­ase educate yourself on the candidates runn­ing in your state and vote based on who most closely repres­ents your values. For a lot of us, we may never find a candidate or party with whom we agree 100% on every issue, but we have to vote anyway. So many intelli­g­ent, thoughtful, self-possessed people have tur­ned 18 in the past two years and now have the right and pri­vi­lege to make their vote count. But first you need to reg­ister, which is quick and easy to do. October 9th is the LAST DAY to reg­ister to vote in the state of TN. Go to vote.org and you can find all the info. Happy Voting! 🗳😃🌈

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