On Monday, Fox News presenter Judge Jeanine Pirro counseled pop singer Taylor Swift not to “get involved in politics” in the wake of rumors that President Biden’s reelection campaign is attempting to win the singer’s support.
“I’m not saying, you know, that people are going to hate her, but why alienate your fans and Swifties, when someone as popular as her would do the opposite?” Pirro stated on Monday on “The Five” on Fox News.
“Why confine yourself to one political ideology when they come from all walks of life?”
Swift’s political activity came under scrutiny on Monday, following reports from The New York Times that Biden aides are competing for the singer’s support as the campaign centers on November’s general election. According to The Times, the campaign has received a ton of ideas for incorporating Swift’s voice, such as having Biden visit one of Swift’s “Eras” Tour stops.
The singer has not yet commented on whether or if she will endorse Biden in the next election cycle, although she did so during the 2020 contest. Swift stated at the time in an interview with V Magazine that the nation needed to pick a president who “recognizes that women deserve the freedom to choose what happens to their bodies, that people of color deserve to feel safe and represented, and that the LGBTQIA+ community deserves to be acknowledged and included.”
35,000 additional voter registrations were sparked by Swift’s post on Instagram last year, which pointed her followers to the nonpartisan organization Vote.org. Up until 2018, when she supported former Tennessee Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen’s Senate campaign against Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), who was ultimately elected to the upper house, the pop star stayed politically neutral for many years.
According to a poll conducted on Sunday by Redfield and Wilton Strategies/Newsweek, 18% of 1,500 respondents stated they were “more likely” or “significantly more likely” to vote for a candidate sponsored by Swift. Pirro cited this data. A little over 17% of respondents stated they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who had Swift’s endorsement, while 55% stated they would be neither more nor less likely to do so.
The data, according to Pirro, “cancel each other out.”
Thus, avoid getting engaged. We don’t want you involved in politics, so please stay out of it, Pirro urged. And Joe Biden is aware that he is in a hole when it comes to young people. And he will pursue it if he believes Taylor can help him get out of that situation.
