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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 a press release, encouraging all in her house state to get out and vote.
“Right this moment, 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. If you happen to haven’t already, make a plan to vote immediately. Whether or not you’re in Tennesse or some place else within the U.S., test your polling locations and instances at Vote.org.”
Taylor is at present in Singapore, the place she is scheduled to carry out by Saturday, March 9, as a part of her world 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. Not too long ago, many broadcasters and journalists have speculated over the affect that the “Love Story” artist has on voters. In reality, final 12 months, 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 assist Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn in 2018. On the time, Taylor defined the place she stood politically in a prolonged Instagram publish.
“Prior to now, I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice my political beliefs, however as a consequence of a number of occasions in my life and on the planet prior to now two years, I really feel very in another way about that now,” she started within the caption. “I all the time have and all the time will solid my vote primarily based on which candidate will shield and struggle for the human rights I consider all of us deserve on this nation. I consider within the struggle for LGBTQ rights, and that any type of discrimination primarily based on sexual orientation or gender is WRONG. I consider that the systemic racism we nonetheless see on this nation in direction of folks of colour is terrifying, sickening and prevalent. I can not vote for somebody who won’t be prepared to struggle for dignity for ALL People, regardless of their pores and skin colour, gender or who they love.”
Taylor then defined why she couldn’t “assist” Marsha, writing, “As a lot as I’ve prior to now and want to proceed voting for ladies in workplace, I can not assist Marsha Blackburn. Her voting document in Congress appalls and terrifies me. She voted towards equal pay for ladies. She voted towards the Reauthorization of the Violence In opposition to 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 best to marry.”
Towards the tip of her publish, Taylor identified that Marsha’s beliefs should not the singer’s private “Tennessee values.”
