Taylor Swift on Why She Was Silent During the 2016 Election

Taylor Swift on Why She Was
Silent During the 2016 Election.
In a recent interview with ‘Vogue’ magazine,
Taylor Swift opened up about why she was so
reluctant to endorse a political candidate in 2016.
Her political silence at the time led a
number of people to think the 29-year-old
singer was a secret Trump supporter.
According to Swift however, her silence
was actually in defense of Hillary Clinton. .
Unfortunately in the 2016 election you had
a political opponent who was weaponizing
the idea of the celebrity endorsement... I just
knew I wasn’t going to help, Taylor Swift, via 'Vogue'.
Swift thought that aligning herself with Clinton
wouldn’t help, but would rather be a “liability.”.
Would I be an endorsement or would I
be a liability? Look, snakes of a feather
flock together. Look, the two lying women.
The two nasty women. Literally millions
of people were telling me to disappear.
So I disappeared. In many senses. , Taylor Swift, via 'Vogue'.
Since then, Taylor has been much
more vocal about her political stances,
saying she feels “very differently” now. .
In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voice
my political opinions, but due to several events
in my life and in the world in the past two years,
I feel very differently about that now, Taylor Swift, via 'Vogue'.