Taylor Swift fans blast Mike Huckabee for assuming they're 13 years old
Political commentator Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas, is one of the people decrying the rare political statement that Taylor Swift posted Sunday on social media.
Huckabee took a jab at the “Reputation” singer by suggesting that her fans are all young girls, years away from reaching legal voting age.
Her Swifties, who have helped her break attendance records on her current worldwide tour, were quick to come to the star’s defense, pointing out that what Huckabee said might have been true years ago but not anymore. The 13-year-old girls who rocked out to 2006’s “Tim McGraw” or — quite appropriately, in this case — “Mean” in 2010, can now go to the polls. They also mocked Huckabee for getting involved in the situation at all.
He wasn’t the only one who disapproved of Swift’s announcement that she would vote against Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican, in Tennessee’s race for U.S. Senate. Although Swift has received some backlash for speaking out, she received plenty of love — much of it in the form of GIFs and concert photos — in the comments on Huckabee’s post.