Pop star Taylor Swift accused President Trump of trying to suppress citizens from voting in the November election, saying he is fearful he will be voted out as a result of “ineffective leadership” during his first term.
“Trump’s calculated dismantling of USPS proves one thing clearly: He is WELL AWARE that we do not want him as our president,” Swift said on Saturday. “He’s chosen to blatantly cheat and put millions of Americans’ lives at risk in an effort to hold on to power.”
Swift said Trump “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.”
Trump has repeatedly condemned mail-in voting, adding that the U.S. Postal Service cannot handle the record number of ballots expected to be cast by mail this fall.
“Universal mail-in voting is going to be catastrophic,” Trump said over the weekend, adding the chaos would “make our country a laughingstock all over the world.”
Some political pundits have suggested Trump’s comments on the U.S. Postal Service and mail-in voting, in general, is a precursor to his refusal to accept the result of the election, should he lose to presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
“It is not up to President Trump, and the country does not have to satisfy him that he has lost,” Jonathan Turley, a constitutional law professor scholar, told CBS News. “The Secret Service on Inauguration Day is under the direction of the new president. Upon the oath of office taken by his successor, President Trump becomes a guest in the White House. If he remains, he becomes an unwelcome guest. If he refuses to leave, he becomes an arrested guest.”
Swift has been highly critical of Trump and Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who represents her home state of Tennessee.
“She represents no female interests,” Swift said of Blackburn earlier this year. “She won by being a female applying to the kind of female males want us to be in a horrendous 1950s world.”
Swift ended her Twitter thread with some advice for fans: “Request a ballot early. Vote early.”
