A corporation of Taylor Swift followers mentioned Monday they raised greater than $40,000 for the Kamala Harris marketing campaign following Donald Trump’s publish that he hates the pop megastar.
The Republican hopeful fired a Sunday morning missive on Reality Social saying “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”, which the “Swifties for Kamala” group capitalized on to boost cash for his Democratic rival.
“As soon as we saw the post, we knew this was an opportunity. Our team was ready to go with lyric response ideas and ways to tie in our calls to donate and volunteer,” mentioned Carly Lengthy, a member of the group’s communications staff, in an announcement.
“We use the memes to catch people’s attention, and then tell them how to turn that emotion into action. Swifties know that haters gonna hate, but we also know we can do more than just shake, shake, shake.”
The superfans stumping for Kamala Harris usually are not formally affiliated with the artist who unites them.
They are saying they’ve now raised greater than $207,000 since kicking off their fundraising and outreach efforts lower than two months in the past.
A number of weeks in the past they held an inaugural fundraising name that was joined by 27,000 viewers, and featured appearances from stars like Carole King together with Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand and Ed Markey.
Since then Swift herself has endorsed Harris and her operating mate Tim Walz over Donald Trump, calling the Democrat and present vp a “steady-handed, gifted leader.”
“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” Swift posted within the minutes following the Harris-Trump debate final week.
Along with fundraising and cellphone banking, the Swifties For Kamala outfit says they’re planning further outreach efforts significantly in swing states and at remaining dates of the blockbuster Eras Tour, which is at present on break.
It’s scheduled to choose again up in Miami on October 18.
Irene Kim, a Swifties For Kamala cofounder, mentioned in an announcement that the group is “proof of the power Swifties have.”
“We’re building off our existing fandom culture to make voting and politics accessible.”
