Donald Trump had pop star Taylor Swift on his mind Thursday during his closed-door meeting with Republicans on Capitol Hill. CNN correspondent Melanie Zanona reports that among Trump’s many meandering statements to lawmakers, he blabbered about the singer/songwriter’s apparent Democratic leanings.
“Why would she endorse this dope?” Trump reportedly asked. “He doesn’t know how to get off a stage.” Swift has made no endorsements in the 2024 campaign, but she did endorse President Joe Biden in 2020.
“After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency,” Swift tweeted in May of that year, “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”
Swift added to that sentiment in August 2020.
“Donald Trump’s ineffective leadership gravely worsened the crisis that we are in and he is now taking advantage of it to subvert and destroy our right to vote and vote safely,” she tweeted. “Request a ballot early. Vote early.”
Now that’s some bad blood.