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Trump Rips Taylor Swift’s Merchandise With New ‘Era’ T-Shirt

Former President Donald Trump’s team risked angering a powerful group of American voters: the Swifties.

On Thursday, the Trump campaign released a new piece of merchandise based on Taylor Swift’s Eras T-shirt, escalating tensions after the superstar endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in an Instagram post.

The shirt, which features a black-and-white image of Trump against a multicolored collage, costs $45. It features well-known images of the former president, from his photo to a photo taken immediately after the assassination attempt.

On X, commenters were mostly annoyed by the product drop, with several urging Swift to take legal action and even tagging longtime publicist Tree Paine.

“My culture is not your costume,” one user joked. “You guys are so horrified,” wrote another, “and not in a good way.”

Democrats had long sought Swift’s endorsement, and Harris’ team wasted no time celebrating the announcement. It took her team just an hour to start selling Swift-inspired friendship bracelets for $20 each.

Representatives for Taylor Swift, the Harris-Walz campaign and the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.

Swift used to stay out of politics, but she made her first endorsement during the 2018 primaries and endorsed President Joe Biden in 2020. This year, she said she was inspired to publicly endorse Harris, in part because Trump shared a fake image of her, generated by artificial intelligence. .

Trump’s allies have been quick to bash Swift for the endorsement, with billionaire Elon Musk hitting it off on X. Regardless of the response from the right, both online and in cotton wool, Swift’s endorsement has the potential to mobilize voters, especially in it. home state Pennsylvania.

In her Instagram announcement, Swift included a link to Vote.gov. Within 24 hours, approximately 406,000 people visited the site.

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