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Celebrity Endorsements For The Win?

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What A Day

Daily News, News

4.612.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

We’re about five months away from election day, meaning both campaigns will do whatever they can to boost their standing with voters. One of the ways campaigns traditionally try to do this is with celebrity endorsements. But do they actually convince people to vote? Jared Clemons, assistant professor of political science at Temple University, walks us through the data.
 

And in headlines: Hunter Biden's federal gun charge trial begins this week, Israel has agreed to President Biden’s proposed ceasefire deal for the war in Gaza, and former president and convicted felon Donald Trump has joined TikTok.


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0:00.0

It's Monday, June 3rd.

0:02.9

I'm Trayvon and I'm Josie Duffy Rice and this is what a day.

0:07.0

The pod that's giving the singer Adele an ally award.

0:09.8

Yes, Adele told an Anti Pride Hethler at her concert over the weekend to not quote be so

0:15.1

fucking ridiculous and I'd just like to remind everyone this pride season

0:19.2

we're here we're queer and we got bricks y'all okay don't be so fucking ridiculous is my

0:26.4

quote of the year on today show hunter Biden's federal gun trial is scheduled to begin today.

0:34.6

Plus former President Donald Trump joined Tik-Tok and got a lot of followers fast.

0:39.3

But first, we are about five months away from election day which means both of the campaigns

0:44.5

will be doing whatever they can to boost their standing with voters.

0:48.8

And one of the ways campaigns traditionally try to do this is with celebrity endorsements.

0:54.1

Later this month, President Joe Biden is set to host a fundraiser here in LA with Julia Roberts,

0:58.8

George Clooney, and former President Barack Obama.

1:02.0

Last week, we saw Robert DeNiro heckling Trump supporters

1:05.5

outside of the Manhattan courtroom

1:07.4

where the former president was eventually convicted

1:10.0

of covering up payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels

1:13.0

to avoid damaging his 2016 campaign.

1:16.2

But we've also seen Biden losing support

1:18.2

from celebrities who backed him the last time around.

1:21.2

rapper Cardi B told Rolling Stone she wouldn't be voting for anyone

1:24.2

this election cycle. She had endorsed Biden in 2020 but says she feels like

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