An organization of Taylor Swift fans said Monday they have raised more than $40,000 for the Kamala Harris campaign after Donald Trump posted that he hates the pop megastar.
The Republican candidate released a message on Truth Social on Sunday morning in which she said, “I hate Taylor Swift!”, which was leveraged by the “Swifties for Kamala” organization to raise funds for her Democratic opponent.
“As soon as we saw the post, we knew it was an opportunity. Our team was ready to jump in with ideas for a response to the song and ways to connect it to our call for donations and volunteerism,” Carly Long, a member of the group’s communications team, said in a statement.
“We use memes to get people’s attention, and then show them how to turn that emotion into action. Taylor Swifties know that haters gonna hate, but we also know that we can do more than just shake, shake, shake.”
The superfans campaigning for Kamala Harris aren’t formally affiliated with the artist who unites them.
He says he’s raised more than $207,000 since beginning fundraising and outreach efforts less than two months ago.
A few weeks ago he held an inaugural fundraiser that drew 27,000 attendees and featured stars like Carole King as well as Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand and Ed Markey.
Taylor Swift herself has since endorsed Harris and her fellow candidate Tim Walz over Donald Trump, calling the Democrat and current vice president “a determined, brilliant leader.”
“I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and issues I believe need a warrior to push them forward,” Taylor Swift posted after the Harris-Trump debate last week.
In addition to fundraising and phone banking, the Swifties for Kamala organization said they are planning additional outreach efforts, especially in key states and on the remaining dates of the blockbuster Eras Tour, which is currently on break.
It is scheduled to be held again in Miami on October 18.
Swifties for Kamala co-founder Irene Kim said in a statement that the group is “a testament to the power of Swifties.”
“We’re building on our existing fan culture to make voting and politics accessible.”
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