Following the death of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who died after a police officer knelt on his neck. The US president, Donald Trump tweeted after a chaotic night of protests with a caption “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” which threatened protesters in Minneapolis with gunfire.
Obviously, Taylor Swift isn’t happy with it. She tweeted: “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.” She tagged Trump’s @realdonaldtrump account.
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
These are definitely the strongest words yet from Swift about Trump.
Within an hour and 15 minutes of being posted, Swift’s message had already been retweeted more than 100,000 times, gotten 375,000 likes, and received 20,000 replies. Not all of those responses were appreciative, of course.
Some backlash to Swift’s comment was immediately evident among Trump supporters on Twitter.
Check out those comments :
But Swift also got support from some fans.
Source : The Washington Post