OPINION: Singer Taylor Swift took to social media to blast President Donald Trump on Thursday night, claiming he is “stroking white supremacy” while also exclaiming he will be voted out of office.

Swift was responding to a tweet Trump posted in which he wrote, “These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!”

….These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2020

This tweet was enough to cause Swift to become completely “triggered.”

“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’??? We will vote you out in November. @realdonaldtrump,” she wrote.

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’??? We will vote you out in November. @realdonaldtrump

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) May 29, 2020

After rising to fame as a country music star, Swift spent years staying silent about politics in a move that many found to be refreshing in a country where so many celebrities are radically leftwing and blatantly imposing their opinions upon others. But in recent years, Swift has revealed herself to be an anti-Trump leftist.

Trump has since taken to Twitter again to explain what exactly he meant by the tweet that caused Swift to become so unglued. “Looting leads to shooting, and that’s why a man was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday night – or look at what just happened in Louisville with 7 people shot. I don’t want this to happen, and that’s what the expression put out last night means,” he tweeted. “It was spoken as a fact, not as a statement. It’s very simple, nobody should have any problem with this other than the haters, and those looking to cause trouble on social media. Honor the memory of George Floyd!”

….It was spoken as a fact, not as a statement. It’s very simple, nobody should have any problem with this other than the haters, and those looking to cause trouble on social media. Honor the memory of George Floyd!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2020

This opinion piece was written by PopZette Staff on May 29, 2020. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.

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