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Taylor Swift is urging her followers in Tennessee — and in every single place else — to vote within the upcoming presidential major election amid Tremendous Tuesday. The worldwide pop icon, 34, took to her Instagram Tales on Tuesday, March 5, to pen an announcement, encouraging all in her house state to get out and vote.
“Right now, March 5, is the Presidential Main in Tennessee and 16 different states and territories,” Taylor wrote. “I wished to remind you guys to vote the individuals who most characterize YOU into energy. In the event you haven’t already, make a plan to vote right now. Whether or not you’re in Tennesse or some other place within the U.S., test your polling locations and occasions at Vote.org.”
Taylor is at the moment in Singapore, the place she is scheduled to carry out via Saturday, March 9, as a part of her international Eras Tour.
Whereas the Grammy Award winner didn’t level to a particular candidate she prefers — Democratic candidate, President Joe Biden, or potential Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump — Taylor has beforehand supported Democrats. Just lately, many broadcasters and journalists have speculated over the affect that the “Love Story” artist has on voters. The truth is, final yr, many credited Taylor with the rise in voter registrations.
This isn’t the primary time that Taylor has publicly addressed politics. Beforehand, she endorsed Joe and made it clear in her Netflix documentary, Miss Americana, that she didn’t help Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn in 2018. On the time, Taylor defined the place she stood politically in a prolonged Instagram submit.
“Prior to now, I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political beliefs, however on account of a number of occasions in my life and on the planet prior to now two years, I really feel very in a different way about that now,” she started within the caption. “I all the time have and all the time will solid my vote based mostly on which candidate will defend and battle for the human rights I imagine all of us deserve on this nation. I imagine within the battle for LGBTQ rights, and that any type of discrimination based mostly on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I imagine that the systemic racism we nonetheless see on this nation in direction of individuals of colour is terrifying, sickening and prevalent. I can’t vote for somebody who is not going to be keen to battle for dignity for ALL Individuals, irrespective of their pores and skin colour, gender or who they love.”
Taylor then defined why she couldn’t “help” Marsha, writing, “As a lot as I’ve prior to now and wish to proceed voting for ladies in workplace, I can’t help Marsha Blackburn. Her voting file in Congress appalls and terrifies me. She voted towards equal pay for ladies. She voted towards the Reauthorization of the Violence Towards Ladies Act, which makes an attempt to guard ladies from home violence, stalking and date rape. She believes companies have a proper to refuse service to homosexual {couples}. She additionally believes they need to not have the correct to marry.”
Towards the tip of her submit, Taylor identified that Marsha’s beliefs are usually not the singer’s private “Tennessee values.”
