Big & Rich’s John Rich Says He ‘Can’t Wait for Taylor Swift to Tell Us How to Vote’
John Rich has thoughts about a potential Taylor Swift endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
The Big & Rich musician took to X on Friday (Aug. 22) to write, sarcastically, “I can’t wait for Taylor Swift to tell me how to vote.”
Swift has yet to endorse anyone in the 2024 presidential race between Trump and Harris. She endorsed Biden in 2020, and also took aim at the former Apprentice host during the George Floyd protests that same year, slamming Trump’s response to the unrest.
“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’???” Swift wrote in reference to a comment from Trump that many took as a veiled threat to protesters following the killing of unarmed 46-year-old Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. “We will vote you out in November.”
Last week, the former president re-posted a series of images that appeared to show smiling fans wearing “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts. In another image referring to the “I Want You For U.S. Army” recruiting poster, an AI user created an image of Swift in a patriotic red, white and blue suit and star-spangled top hat with the message, “Taylor Wants You to Vote For Donald Trump.”
“I accept!” Trump captioned the photo set, though he later told Grady Trimble on FOX Business Network’s The Evening Edit: “Somebody came out. They said, oh, look at this. These were all made up by other people. A.I. is always very dangerous in that way.”
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