WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark opened up about why she “liked” Taylor Swift’s formal endorsement in Instagram of Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
Before Wednesday night’s game against the Las Vegas Aces, the Indiana Fever star was questioned about why she chose to like the pop diva’s post-debate post. Clark responded by citing her own “amazing platform” as the reason.
Although Clark, 22, didn’t go so far as to officially support Harris, she did explain why she was attempting to increase voter turnout in November.
“I think for myself, I have my amazing platform, so I think the biggest thing will be just encourage people to register to vote. It’s the second time I can vote in a [presidential] election; at 22, I could vote when I was 18. I can do that, that’s the biggest thing I can do with the platform that I have. And that’s the same thing Taylor did. And I think continue to educate yourself with the candidates that we have, the policies that they’re supporting,” Clark said.
“I think that’s the biggest thing you can do and that’s what I would recommend to every single person that has that opportunity in our country,” Clark added.
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Taylor Swift—who described herself as a “childless cat lady”—announced who she would be endorsing just minutes after the presidential debate on Tuesday night between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Swift, a global superstar who endorsed President Joe Biden in 2020, announced via Instagram that she would be endorsing Harris.
“I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election,” Swift said in the post, adding that she’s voting for Harris “because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.”
Swift said Harris “is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos,” noting that she was “so heartened and impressed by her selection” of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate due to his support for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and “a woman’s right to her own body.”
Swift concluded her remarks by saying that she had done her homework and “made my choice,” adding that she had watched the debate on Tuesday night and encouraged her supporters to learn more about the candidates and problems.
“Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make,” Swift said.
During an interview Wednesday morning on Fox & Friends, Trump responded to Swift’s announcement by saying he prefers the endorsement he got from Patrick Mahomes’ wife Brittany.
“I was not a Taylor Swift fan,” Trump said. He called her a “very liberal person” and said she will “pay the price for it in the marketplace.”
Trump called into the show and blasted ABC News, accusing the first debate moderators, David Muir and Linsey Davis, of ganging up on him while giving Harris a pass all night on her arguments.
