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Taylor Swift Explains Why She Didn't Get Political In The 2016 Election -- 'I Was Literally About To Break'

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Taylor Swift is making a pledge to get more involved in politics for the 2020 election!

The You Need To Calm Down songstress — who was notably silent during the 2016 election compared to many of her fellow pop stars — is opening up about why she kept quiet, and what she really thinks about President Donald Trump.

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In a snippet from her new interview with The Guardian, the 29-year-old shared her disappointment with the current state of politics in the US:

“We’re a democracy – at least, we’re supposed to be – where you’re allowed to disagree, dissent, debate. I really think that he thinks this is an autocracy.”

Miz Swift describes feeling like “all the dirtiest tricks in the book were used and it worked,” referring to Trump’s campaign and election. For Taylor, she feels the atmosphere in the US right now is “gaslighting the American public into being like, ‘If you hate the president, you hate America.'”

So if this is really how she felt, why didn’t she get involved? Joe Alwyn‘s lover explains that between her mother’s cancer relapse — which she opens up about further in her new track Soon You’ll Get Better — and her feud with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West, she felt powerless to the media:

“I was just trying to protect my mental health – not read the news very much, go cast my vote, tell people to vote. I just knew what I could handle and I knew what I couldn’t. I was literally about to break.”

The ten-time Grammy Award winner shared her public image at the time made her feel “just useless. And maybe even like a hindrance,” adding se felt “really remorseful for not saying anything sooner,” but that she would have otherwise shown public support for Hillary Clinton.

Taylor’s power is palpable, so even if things are coming a bit delayed from her camp, it can still make a massive difference. After her first political post a month ahead of the 2016 election, Vote.org saw a spike of 65,000 voter registrations in 24 hours.

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Moving forward, Swift confirmed she plans to be more proactive when it comes to politics, vowing she will “do everything I can for 2020.”

At the time of her interview with the publication, Tennessee lawmakers were voting to impose a near-total abortion ban on the state, which she expressed her discontent for:

“Obviously, I’m pro-choice. I just can’t believe this is happening.”

As we reported previously, the musician has been more vocal about politics on social media, posting a letter to Tennessee Senator, Lamar Alexander, urging him to vote for the Equality Act, which protects the LGBT community from discrimination.

What do U think about what Tay had to say, Perezcious readers? Sound OFF (below) in the comments with your thoughts!!

[Image via Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.]

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Aug 23, 2019 15:42pm PDT