from WNYC Studios. I'm Brian Lerer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Thursday,

September 12. Some follow-up on a couple of things in the presidential race now. One is Taylor Swift's

endorsement of Kamala Harris

after the debate on Tuesday night. We didn't really talk about that yesterday as we centered

issues that came up in the debate, but political analysts say that Taylor Swift endorsement

more than other celebrities could actually make something of a difference in a

very close race. One reason is that with her many millions of followers on social media,

fans of hers who might not be following politics very much at all, you know, might get

just enough involvement and just enough motivation to cast a ballot, and that would

likely be for Harris. So since we have the luxury of time on this long form show, here is Taylor

Swift's Instagram endorsement in full. I think most of what you heard is she did this and maybe one or

two lines. And I thought you would be interested to hear

if Taylor Swift is trying to affect the presidential race outcome what did she actually say so

Taylor Swift wrote this on Instagram like many of you I watch the debate tonight if you

haven't already now is a great time to do your

research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter

to you the most. As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed

policies and plans for this country. Recently, I was made aware that AI of me falsely endorsing Donald Trump's presidential run

was posted to his site. It really conjured up my fears around AI and the dangers of spreading

misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my

actual plans for this election as a voter.

The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.

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