The fans of Taylor Swift they begin to reach Monumental for the first of their three recitals in Argentina and with posters and t-shirts they expressed themselves again about the runoff from November 19: “Swiftie doesn’t vote for Milei”say some papers posted around the stadium.
A few weeks ago, a fandom group released a statement where they openly spoke out against the libertarian candidate. They argued that the American singer would also be against Milei since she repeatedly spoke out against former right-wing president Donald Trump. “Milei is Trump”maintains the text that quickly went viral on social networks and reached newspapers around the world.
On the day of the first recital of Swift, which will also be presented at the Monumental on Friday and Saturday, many fans approached the stadium with political messages. “Who’s Javier Milei anyway? “Ew” (Who is Javier Milei anyway?), said some flyers that the “Swifties” distributed in reference to the legend of the t-shirt that the artist wears in the video clip of her song “22.”We Are Never Ever Getting Back to Menem“(We will never return to Menem), was another of the messages circulating around the stadium, in reference to the song “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”
The popular ones also filled the popular ones with content related to the elections. “friendship bracelets” with messages in support of the Unión por la Patria candidate, Sergio Massa.
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Francisco, one of the fans who will witness the live concert tonight, wears a very particular bracelet: “Milei is Trump”says.
“It is super important that an artist so massive and world-known is positioned in this way because it is from a genre closely linked to the right and branded as naive, as is pop. It seems to me that raising flags in relation to basic human rights such as health, education, gender identity and sexuality is super valuable. He shows it with his songs and his actions.“Facundo, who is 26 years old and comes with Francisco from Gregorio de Laferrere, explained to Télam.
In the same sense, another friend of the group, Micaela, added: “I saw the message of ‘Swifties vs. Milei‘First on Twitter, then on TV, there are also posters and graffiti. I like that they do that because there are many young people who don’t know, who only watch TikTok. The artist is not just his songs. Taylor Swift is not just Shake it off, it is the trials she had, when she stood in front of Trump, her song “Only the Young” which is to raise awareness among young people.”
Swifties against La Libertad Avanza: they reiterate their rejection of Milei
The statement released by the fan group expressed: “As a fandom we see the need to talk about the upcoming Argentine elections and the future of the country“, they wrote on the social network X (it is Twitter), followed by a statement in which they compare Milei with Donald Trump.
“Milei is actually the representative of the antidemocratic right that comes to take away all our acquired rights. Milei is Trump“, they remarked.
In that sense, they recalled that the artist openly expressed herself against the right-wing Donald Trump and called to vote against him in the last 2020 elections. “Following his legacy (that of Taylor Swift), and given the danger that the candidate represents from LLA, mainly for women and diversities, on November 19 we are NOT going to vote“, concludes the statement.
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Source: Ambito
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