According to CNN, Taylor Swift said that President Trump has “fanned the flames of white supremacy and racism”. “After fanning the flames of white supremacy and racism, can President Trump overcome the ethical issues before making a violent threat? When the looting starts, the shooting starts?”, Taylor Swift shared on Twitter. The female singer tagged the White House boss and added that she would not vote for President Trump in the November general election.
Taylor Swift’s tweet criticizing President Donald Trump received millions of likes in just a few hours Photo: Reuters, Twitter |
CNN said that in just a few hours, Taylor Swift’s tweet received more than one million likes, becoming Taylor Swift’s post with the most likes on Twitter. Taylor Swift’s reaction followed immediately after Mr. Trump commented on the city of Minneapolis, which witnessed three consecutive nights of protests after a white police officer crushed a black man to death on May 25.
On May 28, President Donald Trump shared on Twitter that he would send the “National Guard”, followed by a tweet warning that “if looting starts, guns will explode”. After that, Twitter did not delete the tweet, but replaced it with a warning that this tweet violated the rules because it “promoted violence”, and could still be viewed if clicked. Twitter’s move came just hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 28 seeking to change a regulation on social networks.
President Trump’s tweet was labeled with a warning by Twitter Screenshots |
“Country music princess” Taylor Swift often avoids talking about politics and always focuses on her expertise of music and singing. However, in an interview with The Guardian in August 2019 and Taylor Swift’s documentary Miss Americana (aired on Netflix at the end of January), Taylor Swift said she regretted not participating. political issues earlier and she should have spoken out in support of former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, when Mr. Trump defeated Mrs. Clinton to win the presidency. Regarding the female singer’s rare political opinion statement, President Donald Trump said: “I like her music about 25% less.”
Mr. Trump is not the only figure from the Republican Party who objects to Taylor Swift’s political statements. Politician Mike Huckabee was also “stoned” by the singer’s fans when he said that her statement had no impact, because “13-year-old girls don’t have the right to vote.” On social networks, many people criticized Mr. Huckabee for making false statements because Taylor Swift’s fans have liked her music for more than a decade, and now most of them are over 18 or 20, not 13 years old.
