Whoopi Goldberg Tells JD Vance to ‘Stop Talking’ After He Said Taylor Swift Is ‘Disconnected’ From Most Americans: ‘You Don’t Know What Affects Her’
Whoopi Goldberg told Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance to “stop talking” after the candidate for vice president spoke out against Taylor Swift. The music superstar formally endorsed Kamala Harris for president soon after the Sept. 10 debate between Harris and Trump ended. Vance reacted by telling Fox News that Swift is “disconnected” from most of America.
“We admire Taylor Swift’s music, but I don’t think most Americans, whether they like her music or are fans of hers or not, are going to be influenced by a billionaire celebrity who I think is fundamentally disconnected from the interests and the problems of most Americans,” Vance claimed.
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“Look, when grocery prices go by 20%, it hurts most Americans. It doesn’t hurt Taylor Swift,” he added. “When housing prices become unaffordable, it doesn’t affect Taylor Swift or any other billionaire. It does affect middle class Americans all over our country.”
Goldberg responded on “The View” to Vance’s trolling by saying: “You don’t know what affects her! You don’t about know her money! How you talking about her? Shut up, J.D. I’m sorry that was very rude. Stop talking, J.D.”
“The reason I apologized is because I hate when pundits tell me to shut up,” Goldberg later clarified. “It’s not a nice thing to say but I do take it back. But the implication is…hush! We were just talking about how Taylor Swift endorsing Harris-Walz is triggering Republicans. It’s a big deal. It’s really freaking them out.”
Goldberg’s “The View” co-hosts went on to praise Swift for encouraging her fans to vote, which the singer did in both her endorsement statement and during an acceptance speech at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. It was reported that 337,826 of Swift’s followers clicked the link to vote.gov that she included in her endorsement.
Trump himself reacted to Swift’s endorsement for Harris by saying “she’ll probably pay a price for it in the marketplace.”
In her endorsement of Harris, Swift praised the current vice president and wrote she “fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. 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.”
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