What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and Taylor Swift just called out Donald Trump
for trying to quote, “blatantly cheat” in the upcoming election.
Alright, so if you’re a long time Swiftie, it’s still so exciting to see Taylor using
her voice and her platform to talk about political issues that are important to her.
For many years she remained silent when it came to politics, but in her Netflix documentary
she had an emotional conversation with her team about why talking about these issues
is so important to her now.
When they told her, speaking out could half the number of people who come to her next
tour, Taylor stood her ground.
“Taylor Swift comes out against Trump.
I don’t care if they write that.
I’m sad that I didn’t two years ago but I can’t change that.”
And ever since then Taylor has used her massive platform to speak out in support of
causes that are important to her like LGBTQ+ rights, the Black Lives Matter movement, and
Joe Biden’s campaign.
She also hasn’t held back when it comes to publicly slamming Donald Trump.
Earlier this year after the tragic and wrongful death of George Floyd, Taylor took to Twitter
and called out President Trump saying “we will vote you out in November.”
And over the weekend Taylor was at it again, this time about what’s been going on with
USPS and Donald Trump.
In case you aren’t caught up on what’s been going on, here’s a brief recap.
The United States Postal Service has unexpectedly become a crucial player in the 2020 election
due to the stay at home orders and social distancing guidelines.
But Trump has been attacking the USPS as part of his fight against voting by mail in November.
He even went as far saying he won’t fund USPS in order to hinder its ability to deliver
mail-in ballots.
And unfortunately Trump isn’t the only hardship the USPS is facing, the service has been dealing
with financial problems for years now which have only been escalated by COVID.
And so now with the Trump administration’s threat to dismantle the agency and privatize
it, many people are concerned about the impact this could have on the upcoming election.
Taylor Swift is one of those concerned people.
She’s worried that Trump’s threats to USPS could impact the fairness of the election,
so she took to Twitter to share her thoughts.
On Saturday, Taylor tweeted saying quote, “Trump’s calculated dismantling of USPS
proves one thing clearly: He is WELL AWARE that we do not want him as our president.
He’s chosen to blatantly cheat and put millions of Americans’ lives at risk in an effort
to hold on to power.”
She continued on writing “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.
Request a ballot early.
Vote early.”
And while of course, there were some haters that opposed what Taylor was saying, many
fans agreed with Taylor thanking her for using her platform to speak out on these issues.
One person wrote quote, “YES TAYLOR LOUDER.”
Another said quote, “Thank you for using your platform to call out this dictatorship
he's trying to create.”
This fan wrote quote, “Exactly! Taylor Swift is 100% correct with this statement.
Trump knows he cannot win by legitimate means so he has resorted to illegitimate means in
an effort to "win" the election.
His kneecapping of USPS is both obvious & shameful.
Democrats must take action to challenge this!”
And some fans brought up other important points like the fact that we have the option to drop
off our mail in ballots instead of mailing them in to ensure they are counted.
And I feel like this is as good a time as any to remind you all to register to vote.
If you haven’t registered yet or want to check your registration status, we’ve linked
some resources down in the description below.
This is a huge election year and we want to make sure your voices are heard!
If you want more on Taylor, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
Also, let us know down in the comments below what you think of Taylor’s tweets about
Trump and the USPS.
I’m your host, Sussan Mourad, bye guys!