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In a Super Bowl Sunday post on Truth Social, former President Donald Trump wrote that there's "no way" Taylor Swift should endorse Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election.
Trump, the GOP frontrunner in the 2024 presidential election, also laid claim to Swift's success via the Music Modernization Act, which he signed into law in 2018.
The Context:
Speculation has been swarming over which candidate, if any, the billionaire pop star will endorse in the 2024 presidential race. There have been rumors that Swift may endorse Biden, with some speculating that she may make the announcement at the Super Bowl while millions of Americans watch on.
While Swift has yet to make any political statements about the 2024 election, she did endorse Biden in the 2020 election when he was up against then-President Trump. With the 2024 election appearing to be a likely re-match against Trump and Biden, and Swift's growing global influence, her possible endorsement could shake things up.
What We Know:
In Trump's Truth Social post, he also wrote: "I signed and was responsible for the Music Modernization Act for Taylor Swift and all other Musical Artists. Joe Biden didn't do anything for Taylor, and never will."
The Music Modernization Act, in part, streamlined the music-licensing process in the digital music landscape.
Trump continued in his post: "There's no way she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden, the worst and most corrupt President in the History of our Country, and be disloyal to the man who made her so much money."
Swift's net worth topped $1.1 billion following the U.S. leg of her Eras Tour. She has amassed her fortune through a roughly 20-year career, making 10 original albums, and re-recording four of her masters.
The former president also said he "liked" Swift's boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs' tight end Travis Kelce.
"Even though he may be a Liberal, and probably can't stand me!" Trump wrote Sunday about Kelce.
Newsweek reached out to Trump's and Biden's campaigns via email for comment. It also reached out to Swift's publicist and record label via email for comment.
Views:
Dina LaPolt, a key attorney behind the Music Modernization Act, disputed Trump's claims about Swift, telling Variety on Sunday, "This [claim] is funny to me."
"Trump did nothing on our legislation except sign it, and doesn't even know what the Music Modernization Act does. Someone should ask him what the bill actually accomplished."
Late last month, Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro told Swift to not get involved in politics.
"Why would someone as popular as she is alienate your fans, the Swifties?" Pirro asked on Fox News' The Five. She then addressed Swift and said, "So don't get involved! Don't get involved in politics! We don't want to see you there!"
Pirro's comments come after Vote.org, a nonprofit group aimed at getting more people to vote, gave Swift credit for helping to get over 35,000 people registered to vote in September 2023 on National Voter Registration Day. On this day, Swift took to Instagram, telling her fans to use their voice in this year's upcoming election and providing a link to Vote.org.
"During the day on Tuesday we saw a 1,226% jump in participation the hour after Taylor Swift posted. Our site was averaging 13,000 users every 30 minutes—a number that Taylor Swift would be proud of," Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey said in a statement at the time.
What's Next?
Kelce and the Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers Sunday night in the Super Bowl in Las Vegas.
Swift's fans will be watching in anticipation to see Swift attend the game to cheer on her boyfriend. According to multiple news reports, she landed in Los Angeles on Saturday after performing a show in Tokyo for the international leg of the Eras tour.
Update 2/11/24, 1:55 p.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.
Update 2/11/24, 3:05 p.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.
Update 2/11/24, 8:10 p.m. ET: This article has been updated with comment from Dina LaPolt.
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