Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz shouts out “fellow cat owner Taylor Swift” at Wisconsin rally

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Taylor Swift” a shoutout at a Wisconsin rally.Earlier this week (September 10), following the first debate between Harris and Trump, Swift broke her silence on the elections and threw her support behind Harris and Walz.In an Instagram post, she championed Kamala Harris as a “steady-handed, gifted leader”, writing that she believes “we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos”.

She signed off the post as Taylor Swift, “Childless Cat Lady”, in a nod to was a nod to a remark made by JD Vance, Trump’s candidate for vice president, in 2021.Tim Walz shouts out Taylor Swift at his rally in Wisconsin:“Surround yourself with smart women […] That includes my fellow cat owner Taylor Swift.

It’s really great to have all these women help us beat the smallest man in the world” pic.twitter.com/GgeB0d6fwt— Pop Base (@PopBase) September 14, 2024It has since been reported that her backing of Harris caused a “500 per cent” increase in voter registration, with nearly half a million registrants being directed from Swift’s Instagram page.After receiving her backing, yesterday (September 14), Harris’ vice presidential running mate shared some advice with the men in the Superior crowd and nodded to a track from Swift’s ‘Tortured Poet Department’.“Here’s my life hack for all the guys out there,” he said. “Surround yourself with smart women and listen to them and you’ll do just fine.”After displaying a Swiftie-style friendship bracelet from the campaign merch store, he added: “That includes my fellow cat owner Taylor Swift.”It comes shortly after the Trump campaign controversially released a t-shirt designed very similarly to Taylor Swift‘s ‘Eras’ tour merch over the weekend.