Caitlin Clark Reveals Why She ‘Liked’ Taylor Swift’s Kamala Harris Endorsement
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark declared that the “biggest thing to do” is to register to vote after she “liked” Taylor Swift’s social media post endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this week.
Swift, who has over 284 million followers, seemingly caused a spike in visits to the federal government’s voter information page after a post that both backed Harris and called on Swifties to do their “research” ahead of the election.
The WNBA rookie, when asked by a reporter Wednesday if the “like” meant she’d also endorse Harris, declined to directly answer who she was supporting but reflected on having what she called an “amazing platform.”
“I think for myself, the second time I can vote in an election at age 22, I could vote when I was 18. So, I think, do that,” said Clark, who is also an apparent Swiftie.
“That’s the biggest thing I can do with the platform that I have, and that’s the same thing Taylor did.”
Clark, a favorite to win the WNBA Rookie of the Year award this year, called on potent voters to continue to “educate” themselves on the candidates along with the policies they support.
“I think that’s the biggest thing you can do and that’s what I would recommend to every single person that has the opportunity in our country,” she said.
CC on liking Taylor Swift’s post endorsing Kamala Harris:
“I have this amazing platform, so I think the biggest thing to be would to encourage people to register to vote.”
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Clark hasn’t revealed much of her political leanings, though the WNBA and its players are known to be actively engaged in political and social affairs.
Ahead of the Paris Olympics, members of the Team USA women’s basketball squad weighed in on the state of the election and sought a way to back Harris “as much” as they could after she launched her campaign in July.
“Because everything that we’ve been kind of working for this year … has been about voting rights, reproductive rights,” said New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart, a member of the eventual Gold medal-winning team, at the time.
“The things she stands for, we also stand for. So making sure that we can definitely stay united and continue to push the message of registering to vote, knowing where to vote and all the resources behind it.”
