Donald Trump's former aide has shared an idea to get more people enrolled to vote and then getting them voting for Kamala Harris and it all involves Taylor Swift.
Alyssa Farah Griffin, a co-host on the daytime panel show The View, took to X, formerly Twitter, to share the plan. "If Taylor Swift endorses Kamala - which I think she will - the best way for the campaign to deploy her: have her do one-night-only shows in battleground states targeting 1st time voters, where the price to attend is registering to vote," she wrote in a post that has been viewed more than 866,000 times.
Vice President Harris is now the official nominee for November's presidential election after receiving the endorsement from delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Swift previously endorsed Harris in 2020 when the politician ran on the ticket with President Joe Biden.
People reacted to Griffin's idea by reposting her. "This is such a weird thing to say. Taylor is a person not a pawn," wrote @lina_ap25.
"Taylor Swift is a bigger brand than the DNC," posted @stateofstyle13.
And @marveIIoustime commented: "americans are so weird why do you need a popstar to campaign for a politician."
Swift is yet to endorse any candidate ahead of November's election, but it is believed her voice it is so influential that it could sway thousands to vote in line with her.
However, Jeffrey R. Dudas, Ph.D., a professor of political science at the University of Connecticut, told Newsweek the singer is likely to publicize her endorsement sooner than later.
"Taylor's endorsement of Harris is a matter of when and not if," he said in early August. "On one hand, and no matter how fervently Trump tries to convince himself that she is a secret admirer of his, Taylor is very clearly not a supporter of him or the politics that he represents and practices: she has consistently supported more progressive causes and candidates, including Harris for VP in 2020.
"On the other hand, Taylor has a long history of being very in tune with what her fan base is talking about and how they are thinking; I get the sense that she is just as often led to causes and issues by Swifties as she is their leader. So even were she not on her own inclined toward endorsing Harris, she would likely find herself being supportive in order to maintain her relationship with the fan base."
As for Griffin, she has been very vocal about her thoughts on how the presidential race has been shaping up.
She served as White House director of strategic communications under Trump's administration, and told CNN's The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer that Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance's "radioactive statements" could hurt the GOP.
Vance has received an immense amount of criticism since entering the 2024 race for his past remarks, especially when it came to women and reproductive rights.
A comment that has received particular attention comes from a 2021 interview that Vance had with Fox News while he was running for Senate, during which he said that the country, under Democratic leadership, is being running by "childless cat ladies."
The senator later defended his comments, saying that they were not "about criticizing people" who do not have children but were directed at "criticizing the Democratic Party for becoming anti-family and anti-child."
However, Griffin said it was not a good sign that Vance and the GOP have not been able to shake the backlash.
"This cat lady comment has just really stuck in a way that I haven't seen with many things in politics," Griffin said earlier this month.
"And the Trump news cycle, things tend to move rapidly. But with JD Vance, this has become like a three-week-long story, and it's genuinely hurting him with a demo that he needs the most—suburban women," she continued. "It's just radioactive."
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