Anyone who has been following singer Taylor Swift since 2020 should not be remotely surprised by her endorsing Kamala Harris for president on Tuesday night.
As much as some conservatives want to view Swift’s endorsement as an earth-shattering betrayal, they would do well not to look for validation in celebrity endorsements to begin with.
People on all positions on the political spectrum think being a conservative and being a “Swiftie” is oxymoronic. This week, friends and family have asked me if I would take down my Time magazine cover of Swift at my office (the one of her striking a pose donning her cat as a scarf), or if I would change my red-themed birthday party this month, inspired by Swift’s 2012 album “Red.”
As a proud conservative who has been a huge fan of Swift since 2017, I assure you both remain intact. And I’m not the only…