Carole King to Speak at ‘Swifties for Kamala’ Kickoff Event
Carole King is formally becoming a member of the Swifties for Kamala kickoff name, in accordance to occasion organizers.
“We wouldn’t be Swifties for Kamala without Midnights Mayhem,” political director April Glick Pulito wrote in an e-mail to attendees, in accordance to Variety. “With that… We are so incredibly excited to announce our special, surprise guest 4x Grammy winner, singer-songwriter and a Swiftie for Kamala… Carole King!”
The name will happen on Tuesday night time (Aug. 27) at 7 p.m. ET. Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand and Ed Markey; Rep. Chris Deluzio and Rep. Becca Balint; North Carolina Democratic Party chair Anderson Clayton; and Swifties for Kamala crew members Irene Kim, Emerald Medrano, Annie Wu Henry, April Glick Pulito, Emma Coleman and Lexa Hayes are all set to converse at the kickoff occasion.
While Taylor Swift herself is just not affiliated with the group — which describes themselves as a “coalition of Swifties ready to mobilize Taylor Swift fans to help get Democratic candidates elected up and down the ballot” — they word that the “I Can Do It With the Broken Heart” singer is “always welcome to show up to our party.”
Swift has but to endorse anybody within the 2024 presidential race between Trump and Harris. She endorsed Biden in 2020, and likewise took goal at Trump in the course of the George Floyd protests that very same 12 months, slamming Trump’s response to the unrest.
“After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? ‘When the looting starts the shooting starts’???” Swift wrote in reference to a remark from Trump that many took as a possible menace to protesters following the killing of unarmed Floyd at the arms of a Minneapolis police officer. “We will vote you out in November.”
Meanwhile, many different musicians have stepped up to the plate to endorse Harris, together with Megan Thee Stallion, John Legend, Pink and Stevie Wonder — every of whom has carried out at varied marketing campaign occasions — in addition to Ariana Grande, Olivia Rodrigo, Demi Lovato, Quavo, Bon Iver, Barbra Streisand and extra.