Taylor Swift has made notable strides in shedding her apolitical reputation in recent years, but she still gets flack for not being even more vocal. It took Swift several years into her career before she started using her voice and influence to sporadically endorse political candidates, including Joe Biden in 2020, and she’s never publicly declared her ties to one side of the political aisle over another. But, while there might still be a question mark over whether Swift’s political views align with Republicans, Democrats, or other lesser-known parties, she’s certainly not a Trump supporter. The songstress has a documented history of denouncing the controversial politician and his policies.
Swift’s most famous Trump critique came in May 2020, when she hit back at his inflammatory statement about protests that cropped up after George Floyd’s death. “After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? ‘When the looting starts the shooting starts’??? We will vote you out in November. @realdonaldtrump,” tweeted the star. Three months later Swift criticized Trump, whom she deemed, among other things, an “ineffective” leader on X, formerly known as Twitter, for reportedly attempting to paralyze the USPS in order to decrease the public’s ability to mail in their presidential votes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Swift concluded her commentary by encouraging Americans to request a ballot early in order to have their voice heard in the election.
