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Taylor Swift’s secret gift for Harris on Election Day after Trump tore into ‘elitest’ VP & blasted ‘we don’t need stars’
How even Democrats think the star-studded campaign could hurt Harris' chances
TAYLOR Swift reportedly sent Kamala Harris an over-the-top gift to show her support on Election Day - just hours after Donald Trump ripped into his rival over her elitist friends and celebrity-packed campaign.
Swift first endorsed Harris after the vice president faced off in the presidential debate against Donald Trump, who has slammed his rival for choosing popularity over policy.
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On Tuesday, the pop star delivered a bouquet of flowers to Harris with a sentimental message as voters make a final rush to the polls, someone close to Swift exclusively told The U.S. Sun.
The Fortnight singer wanted to make a last show of support for Harris with roses and sent her love ahead of the historic vote.
However, another Swift source denied any contact with Harris.
Swift, 34, has been a staunch Democrat voter since 2018, when she broke her decade-plus-long political silence to encourage impressionable Tennessee fans to vote blue in an upcoming senate race.
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In 2020, she broke the internet with a picture of her holding a plate of Biden Harris 2020 decorated cookies in a crucial show of support.
After Harris and Trump faced off in a debate in September, it came as no surprise when Swift wrote a letter endorsing the vice president and signed it "childless cat lady" in a petty dig at Senator JD Vance.
"I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos," she wrote.
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At her final rally in Pennsylvania Monday, the vice president welcomed media sensation Oprah Winfrey and pop star Lady Gaga on stage.
This came after Beyonce, who allowed the vice president to use her song Freedom during the campaign, endorsed the candidate at a rally in Houston, Texas.
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And on Saturday, Harris enjoyed saccharine support from Saturday Night Live in her cold open, as the show broke Federal Communications Commission regulations by snubbing Trump and only offering her solo air time.
Van Jones, a former special adviser to President Barack Obama, said the last-minute surge of VIP cameos left him anxious that working-class voters would feel isolated by the megastars.
"In 2016, we had a big star-studded event right on the edge of the election, and we lost the state," Jones told CNN in a reference to Beyonce's infamous performance for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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- Donald Trump and Kamala Harris made their final pitches to supporters and undecided voters at a flurry of rallies on the eve of Election Day.
- Harris held several events in Pennsylvania on Monday while Trump crisscrossed across battleground states, holding rallies in Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
- Vice President-nominee , joined by his wife and two of their three children, voted Tuesday morning at a Catholic church in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Donald Trump returned to Florida, where he is expected to hold an election night watch party at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
- Kamala Harris will make one final push on Election Day as she's expected to participate in seven radio interviews in each swing state.
- Harris will hold an election night watch party at her alma mater, Howard University in Washington DC, where she will be joined by her running mate, .
“I don’t think people understand, working people sometimes have to choose.
"‘Am I going to go to the big, cool concert and pay for babysitting for that or am I going to figure out a way to get to the polls?’
“I don’t want people going to concerts. I want people out there knocking on doors.
"I want people out there fighting for this thing,” he said.
Trump has latched on to the mainstream praise of Harris and said it's a clear indication she's an elite who doesn't care for the average American.
After her SNL episode aired, a spokesperson for his campaign said, "Kamala Harris has nothing substantive to offer the American people.
"So that's why she's living out her elitist friends on Saturday Night Leftists as her campaign spirals down the drain into obscurity.
"For the last four years, Kamala’s destructive policies have led to untold misery and hurt for all Americans," he told .
"She broke it, and President Trump will fix it."
Trump also blasted celebrities like Beyoncé for failing to perform any music at Harris' event during his own rally in Pittsburgh.
The singer was joined by her former Destiny's Child bandmate Kelly Rowland, who also didn't sing a single bar.
"Everyone's expecting a couple of songs," he said.
"There were no songs. There was no happiness.
"They booed like hell, but the press didn’t play that."
Trump insisted that his campaign doesn't need celebrities because his team is bringing the policies Americans care about most.
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SWIFT'S 'SNUB'
Questions were raised about Swift's support of Harris after she snubbed the vice president's final rally for lover Travis Kelce's football game.
There was speculation Swift could perform at the rally, but she spent her day off cheering for the Kansas City Chiefs as they faced off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
However, Swift's support for the candidate hasn't wavered, and she hopes her Election Day gift can encourage Harris with "great vibes," the insider said.
Until results are announced, the anxious billionaire singer will spend sleepless nights on creative projects to keep her distracted, they claim.
The singer is highly stressed and is spending alone time with Kelce who is keeping her encouraged as ballots are counted.
According to the inside, Swift things that Harris needs as much love as she can get throughout Election Day.
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How do the US presidential elections work?
BY Ellie Doughty, Foreign News Reporter
The Democratic and Republican parties nominate their candidates with a series of votes - called state primaries and caucuses - in the run up to the election in November, held every four years.
This gives members the opportunity to choose who they want to lead the party into an election - this year, Donald Trump and following Biden's resignation, Kamala Harris.
There are also some independent candidates running for president - arguably the most well-known was Robert F Kennedy Jr who pulled out in August and endorsed Trump.
In US elections the winner is not the candidate who gets the most votes across the country.
Instead Trump and Harris will compete to win smaller contests held in each of the 50 states.
Many of the states often vote the same way - but seven of them - Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona - tend to go in either direction.
Each state has a number of electoral college votes - partly based on population sizes - with a total of 538 across the country up for grabs.
The winner is the candidate that gets 270 or more, marking a majority in the electoral college.
All but two of the US' 50 states - Maine and Nebraska - have a winner-takes-all rule.
Meaning whichever candidate gets the highest number of votes wins all of the state's electoral college votes.
In 2016 Hillary Clinton won more votes nationally than Donald Trump - but she still lost the election because of electoral college votes.
The candidate who will win this election is the one who secures 270 or more college ballots.
Usually the winner is declared on the night, but it can take days to finalise the result.
In 2020 Joe Biden wasn't officially announced as the president-elect until November 7.
The new president will be sworn into office in January on the steps of the Capitol building in Washington DC.
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