(The Hill) — Former President Donald Trump shrugged off Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, predicting Wednesday that the megastar may “pay a price for it in the marketplace.
“I was not a Taylor Swift fan,” Trump said during an interview with “Fox & Friends.”
“It was just a question of time. She couldn’t possibly endorse Biden… But she’s a very liberal person,” the former president continued. “She seems to always endorse a Democrat, and she’ll probably pay a price for it in the marketplace.”
Instead, Trump praised Brittany Mahomes, the wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who liked a post on Instagram from the GOP nominee last month.
In a post to her 283 million followers on Instagram, Swift announced that she is voting for Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who lauded the support, in November.
She said she would be voting for Harris “because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she 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.”
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Taylor Swift, second from left, and Brittany Mahomes, second from right, watch play between the New York Jets and the Kansas City Chiefs during the second quarter of an NFL football game Oct. 1, 2023, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) -
Taylor Swift performs on stage during the “The Eras Tour” at Wembley Stadium on June 21, 2024, in London. -
Taylor Swift at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9, 2022. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) -
FILE = Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) speaks to Taylor Swift after the team’s NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. A 170-year-old rivalry is flaring up as Kansas lawmakers try to snatch the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs away from Missouri. The team has international cache after three Super Bowl titles in five years and because of Kelce’s romance with pop icon Swift.(AP Photo/John Locher, File) -
Taylor Swift performs at the Paris Le Defense Arena as a part of her Eras Tour concert in Paris, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly) -
FILE – Taylor Swift arrives at the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. A photographer told police he was punched in the face by Taylor Swift’s father on the Sydney waterfront on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, hours after the pop star’s Australian tour ended. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
The pop star also cited fake images generated by artificial intelligence that suggested she was supporting Trump as a reason for sharing her endorsement.
Swift signed her message, “Childless Cat Lady,” a jab at GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance’s, R-Ohio, past comments attacking Harris and other prominent Democrats.
The news came on the heels of the first debate between the two party nominees.
