Taylor Swift has thrown her support behind Kamala Harris as the next US president, ending months of speculation about who the world’s biggest pop star might endorse by commending the Democratic candidate as “a steady-handed, gifted leader”.
“I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos,” Swift posted on Instagram, moments after the presidential debate between the vice-president and her Republican rival Donald Trump finished on Tuesday night.
Swift said Trump’s recent sharing of a social media post falsely claiming she had endorsed him had spurred her to go public with her voting intentions. “It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent,” she said.