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Celebrities are changing direction and allegiance, moving left and right, adding more unexpected twists to an already unprecedented election.
“This is definitely what the campaigns want [celeb] Support because it helps brand their candidates in a broader sense and highlight strengths or minimize weaknesses,” said Brett Burke, CEO of. majority strategiesA national Republican consulting firm that has worked on presidential races for more than three decades. “Having the support of younger, more glamorous Hollywood influencers creates an illusion of vitality.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kodak Black, Nicky Jam and Ana Navarro have all recently moved to the left and join Democratic luminaries like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk, Amber Rose, Zachary Levi and Brittany Mahomes have all moved to the right, joining Republican stalwarts like Hulk Hogan, Kid Rock and Waka Flocka.
Political strategists say celebrity endorsements may help bring new voters to the polls, but may have limited impact on the actual outcome of Tuesday’s election.
,[Most] People who are influenced by these celebrities have already chosen a side and put on their jersey for their candidate,” Burke said. “I don’t see any evidence that Brittany Mahomes will support your version of democracy. This will be the turning point towards saving the country.”
Elon Musk
The CEO and billionaire of Tesla, SpaceX and XAI has become one of Trump’s biggest and most vocal supporters, donating nearly $120 million to pro-Trump super PAC and embezzled $1 million to sway state voters.
All this despite the fact that, as recently as last March, he said he was not donating to any presidential candidate.
Also, he voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012, and said in 2022 that Trump was too old to be president and needed to “ride off into the sunset.”
Musk, who took the stage at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pa., in October, three months after the first assassination attempt on his life, Americans urged to register to vote,
Musk, 53, quipped on stage to applause from the crowd that he’s “not just MAGA, I’m dark MAGA”.
“President Trump must win to protect the Constitution. They must win to preserve democracy in America,” Musk confirmed to the audience.
amber rose
Before the 2016 election, the 40-year-old model called Trump “so stupid” in an interview cut,
But on Candace Owens’ podcast earlier this year, Rose announced she was supporting Trump after being encouraged by her rapper ex-husband Wiz Khalifa not to be afraid to be honest about her political leanings. .
“I was just like, ‘I feel like I’m lying,'” she told Owens.
In his speech at the Republican National Convention in July, he claimed that the media has lied about Trump and his supporters being racist and bigots and that he is the right person to lead the country.
“Inflation is out of control, and you know in your heart that wasn’t the case under Donald Trump,” he said.
zachary levy
“Shazam!” Starr previously endorsed former independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s 2024 bid.
After RFK dropped out in August and joined Team Trump, Levy followed him.
“I stand with Bobby. , , I stand with all those who stand with President Trump,” the actor said at a Trump rally in Michigan on Sept. 28, where he moderated a conversation with Kennedy and former Democratic Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard.
He acknowledged that it was a risky move, saying, “Hollywood is a very liberal town, and it could be career suicide.”
britney mahomes
She and Swift may look cozy at Kansas City Chiefs games, but their politics are different.
In August, the wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Liked an Instagram post from Trump Declaring that the candidate would “keep men out of the women’s game” and “end inflation.”
Mahomes had not previously been politically vocal, and the move sparked controversy and speculation that she was voting red.
He defended the move on Instagram, writing, “To be a hater as an adult, you have to have the same deep roots you refuse to heal from childhood.” Trump thanked him “for defending me so tenaciously.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The 77-year-old former Republican governor of California announced Wednesday that he is endorsing Harris.
“You do not recognize our country. And you’re right to be angry,” he wrote on X.
While he said he is concerned about the left’s “local policies that are hurting our cities with increased crime,” he said that, ultimately, he cannot support Trump.
He wrote, “He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American.” “I will always be an American before I am a Republican. So, this week, I’m voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
kodak black
The 27-year-old Haitian rapper grew up in South Florida and was sentenced to prison in 2016 related to a firearm purchase by Trump. He made several appearances at Trump campaign events, including a September rally in New York.
But, when the former presidents made comments in a September debate about Haitian immigrants eating pet cats and dogs, they lost Kodak.
“Haitians, we’ve come a long way, brother,” he said said on a livestream soon after. “We have come a long way from home. , , “We are not talking about Haitian slander.”
nicky jam
A few weeks ago, the 43-year-old Latin musician appeared on stage at a Trump rally in Las Vegas wearing a MAGA hat.
But, last Wednesday, the reggaeton hitmaker announced he was withdrawing his support in the wake of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally last weekend.
In a video posted in Spanish to his 44 million followers on Instagram, he said, “I thought [Trump] The economy was best in the United States, where a lot of Latinos live,” but “Puerto Rico should be respected.”
ana navarro
“The View” co-host, 52, fled communist Nicaragua as a young girl and identified as a Republican for years, but stopped supporting the party after Trump came to power in 2016 .
Last August, he served as a host at the Democratic National Convention and shared his story. “I am a little refugee girl who fled communism. , , Found freedom, found opportunity, found a home in America,” she said In a video posted on X. “For me to have a chance to stand on that stage and help my girl Kamala make history and become the Democratic nominee, it’s such an amazing event.”
