Taylor Swift Speaks Out on Politics for the First Time; Endorses Democrat Phil Bredesen for Senate

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift, who has never touched on politics at all before, dove right in on Sunday, writing on Instagram that sheโ€™ll be voting for Tennessee Democrats in the midterm elections.

Swift, 28, slammed Republican Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn in an Instagram post.

Notably, sheโ€™s directly opposing Marsha Blackburn, the current Republican representative for Tennesseeโ€™s 7th congressional district. โ€œAs much as I have in the past and would like to continue voting for women in office, I cannot support Marsha Blackburn. Her voting record in Congress appalls and terrifies me,โ€ Swift said. โ€œShe voted against equal pay for women. She voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape. She believes businesses have a right to refuse service to gay couples. She also believes they should not have the right to marry. These are not MY Tennessee values.โ€

โ€œI will be voting for Phil Bredesen for Senate and Jim Cooper for House of Representatives. Please, please educate yourself on the candidates running in your state and vote based on who most closely represents your values. For a lot of us, we may never find a candidate or party with whom we agree 100% on every issue, but we have to vote anyway,โ€ she wrote.

She concluded her lengthy post by imploring young people to register to vote.

If you havenโ€™t registered to vote, you can do so here!

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