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Related: About this forumWhy Taylor Swift Really Scares Trump On LGBTQ Rights
Source: Daily Beast
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Why Taylor Swift Really Scares Trump On LGBTQ Rights
When Taylor Swift called out the Trump administration over the Equality Act at MTVs Video Music Awards, the presidents supporters returned firerevealing how much they fear her.
Michelangelo Signorile
Updated 09.01.19 9:12AM ET / Published 09.01.19 5:19AM ET
More than any politicianor any other pop starTaylor Swift has struck fear in the hearts of the enemies of LGBTQ equality.
Democratic candidates running for president have strongly denounced the White Houses opposition to the Equality Act, for example, the broad anti-discrimination bill that would protect LGBTQ people federally.
It was passed by the House earlier this year but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wont allow a vote in the Senate. Beyond the White Houses initial opposition statement to the bill back in May, however, Democrats demands have been largely ignored.
But when Swift called out the Trump administration at the MTV Video Music Awards last Monday night, accepting the award for Video of the Year for her queer anthem, You Need To Calm Down, and asking the White House to respond to a petition shed promoted supporting the Equality Act, the response came less than 24 hours later.
The White Houses gay deputy press secretary, Judd Deere, repeated the Trump administration line that it supports equal treatment for all but doesnt support this bill because of poison pillsa bogus argument meant to cover up President Donald Trumps bowing to religious extremists and their desire to discriminate based on their religious beliefs.
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Why Taylor Swift Really Scares Trump On LGBTQ Rights
When Taylor Swift called out the Trump administration over the Equality Act at MTVs Video Music Awards, the presidents supporters returned firerevealing how much they fear her.
Michelangelo Signorile
Updated 09.01.19 9:12AM ET / Published 09.01.19 5:19AM ET
More than any politicianor any other pop starTaylor Swift has struck fear in the hearts of the enemies of LGBTQ equality.
Democratic candidates running for president have strongly denounced the White Houses opposition to the Equality Act, for example, the broad anti-discrimination bill that would protect LGBTQ people federally.
It was passed by the House earlier this year but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wont allow a vote in the Senate. Beyond the White Houses initial opposition statement to the bill back in May, however, Democrats demands have been largely ignored.
But when Swift called out the Trump administration at the MTV Video Music Awards last Monday night, accepting the award for Video of the Year for her queer anthem, You Need To Calm Down, and asking the White House to respond to a petition shed promoted supporting the Equality Act, the response came less than 24 hours later.
The White Houses gay deputy press secretary, Judd Deere, repeated the Trump administration line that it supports equal treatment for all but doesnt support this bill because of poison pillsa bogus argument meant to cover up President Donald Trumps bowing to religious extremists and their desire to discriminate based on their religious beliefs.
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Why Taylor Swift Really Scares Trump On LGBTQ Rights (Original Post)
Eugene
Sep 2019
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empedocles
(15,751 posts)1. A real bonafide threat
jay1124
(29 posts)2. its more than that.
at first i thought ts was a republican due to the fact that she was a country singer at first. but since she came out as pro choice and pro lbgt rights, she has a huge platform. she doesn't have to campaign with the democratic nominee, she can set up a voter registration drive where it can hurt, the suburbs. and suburban white women are already horrified by this administration's actions. if anything i would let her stay out there, she could be a very potent weapon for team blue in 2020.
Initech
(101,101 posts)3. And if there's one person who you don't want to mess with, it's Taylor Swift.
Her massive army of fans will utterly destroy you if you get on her bad side.