GOP downplays the Taylor Swift effect
by Caitlin Yilek
| October 10, 2018 02:48 PM
Republicans this week downplayed pop star Taylor Swift's foray into politics by saying she had little to do with surging voter registration, and said they'd be happy to give her the "facts" about Democrats that might make her flip her political allegiance.
Swift this week endorsed two Democratic candidates in her home state of Tennessee on Sunday, the first time she had ever made a political comment as a pop music giant. On Tuesday, she called on fans to vote during an acceptance speech at the American Music Awards, but didn't say how they should vote.
Vote.org attributed a significant increase in voter registrations both nationally and in Tennessee to Swift’s encouragement to vote, but Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Swift might be getting too much credit.
“I think you can’t attribute all those registrations to Taylor Swift,†McDaniel told Fox Business on Wednesday. “I know she’s very powerful, but it was the last day of registration, and we usually see an uptick.â€
McDaniel, who said she’s a fan of Swift’s, also invited the pop star to the Republican National Committee headquarters to educate her about Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn. In Sunday’s endorsement of Senate candidate Phil Bredesen and House of Representatives candidate Jim Cooper, Swift wrote that Blackburn’s voting record “appalls and terrifies me.â€
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