Donald Trump Says He Likes Brittany Mahomes ‘Much Better’ Than Taylor Swift—After Swift Endorses Harris
Key Facts
Trump called into “Fox & Friends” Wednesday morning and reacted to Swift’s endorsement of Harris, stating: “Well, I actually like Mrs. Mahomes much better, if you want to know the truth,” calling Mahomes a “big Trump fan.”
Trump said Swift “seems to always endorse a Democrat and she’ll probably pay a price for it in the marketplace,” calling the singer a “very liberal person.”
“I was not a Taylor Swift fan,” Trump added.
Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, weighed in on Fox News later Wednesday, stating, “We admire Taylor Swift's music,” but doubted Americans would be influenced by a “billionaire celebrity” who he says is “disconnected from the interests and the problems of most Americans.”
News Peg
Swift endorsed Harris in an Instagram post minutes after the Tuesday night presidential debate, ending speculation over whether she would weigh in on the race. She called Harris a “steady-handed, gifted leader,” and said “we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos.” She also praised Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, for “standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.” Swift also criticized artificial intelligence-generated images that falsely implied she endorsed Trump, which went viral on social media weeks ago. Swift’s post contained an image of her holding her cat, and she signed the post: “Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady,” a dig at Trump’s running made JD Vance, who previously criticized Democrats as “childless cat ladies.”
Who Is Brittany Mahomes?
Mahomes, 29, is a former soccer player who is married to Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and is the co-owner of the Kansas City Current women’s soccer team. Mahomes stirred some controversy when she reportedly liked, and later unliked, a post Trump made on Instagram highlighting his platform in August. She addressed “haters” in a post on her Instagram story days later that some interpreted as a response to backlash: “I mean honestly, to be a hater as an adult, you have to have some deep rooted issues you refuse to heal from childhood,” Mahomes wrote. Trump thanked Mahomes in a post on Truth Social last week “for so strongly defending me.” Swift, who has been photographed on nights out with Mahomes since she began dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce last year, faced backlash among fans for hugging Mahomes at the U.S. Open on Sunday. Swift, who at the time had not weighed in on the 2024 election, was criticized by some fans for her apparent friendship with Mahomes, as they argued it contradicted her endorsement of President Joe Biden in 2020 and her liberal stances on women’s and LGBTQ rights.
Key Background
Trump has previously lamented that Swift does not support him. Variety editor Ramin Setoodeh published an excerpt from his forthcoming book in June, in which he interviewed Trump and asked him about his thoughts on Swift. Trump called Swift “unusually beautiful,” but said: “I think she’s liberal. She probably doesn’t like Trump,” and questioned whether her liberal views were an “act.” Swift’s endorsement has been highly anticipated and regarded as powerful. In 2018, she publicly forayed into politics for the first time, endorsing Democrat Phil Bredesen over Republican Marsha Blackburn in the 2018 Senate race in Tennessee. She then endorsed Biden in 2020. Vote.org said Swift’s endorsements have caused spikes in voter registrations, with nearly 65,000 registrations among voters aged 18 to 29 recorded in the 24 hours after her 2018 endorsement.
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