Ariana Grande goes to the “Journey Through Oz” Tour to commemorate the Australian best of “Wicked” at State Theatre onNov 3, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Saverio Marfia/Getty Images
Ariana Grande has actually required to her Instagram Story in the middle of Donald Trump’s political election sway Kamala Harris to share a message of assistance to followers, especially those in the LGBTQ+ neighborhoods.
Against a black background, Grande composed, “Holding the hand of every person who is feeling the immeasurable heaviness of this outcome today.” The “yes, and?” vocalist additionally shared a variety of sources for LGBTQ+ neighborhoods.
Grande’s words mirror her historical assistance for LGBTQ+ civil liberties. On International Transgender Day of Visibility in 2022, she vowed to pair up to $1.5 million in contributions to the Protect & &Defend Trans Youth Fund, profiting 18 companies sustaining trans young people.
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Her advocacy additionally encompasses reproductive civil liberties, contributing $250,000 to Planned Parenthood in 2019 and later on signing up with the #BansOffOurBodies project.
Grande has actually additionally joined advantage performances like her 2015 efficiency with Miley Cyrus for the Happy Hippie Foundation, sustaining LGBTQ+ young people, and headlined New York City Pride’s 27th yearly Dance on thePier Her initiatives have actually guided funds to teams like TKO Society, CAMPING TENT, and JASMYN.
Selena Gomez additionally signed up with the carolers of voices responding to Trump’s triumph, going with a puzzling yet effective quote on her Instagram Story penciled by feminist Audre Lorde: “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” Beneath the quote, Gomez included her very own words: “My heart is heavy today.”
Grande and Gomez were simply a few of several voices in Hollywood and the songs sector replying to the political election information.
Bette Midler shared a pungent quote by reporter H.L. Mencken that wrapped up with: “On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
Billie Eilish, a forthright advocate of Harris, articulated her frustration by calling Trump’s return “a war on women.” Known for her campaigning for on social concerns, Eilish has actually utilized her system to talk on reproductive civil liberties, leaving little uncertainty concerning her position following this political election result.
50 Cent, whose connection with Trump has actually been especially intricate, published a picture of himself with Trump, captioned, “I don’t care how the fight goes, I’m leaving with the winner shit. I still don’t know what’s going on 🤦.” Just lately, the “Candy Shop” rap artist disclosed he had actually decreased a significant deal to do at a Trump rally.
Cardi B, that openly sustained Harris, revealed her very own discouragement with a candid, “We need a Hail Mary,” as Trump’s lead expanded. She complied with up with a message devoted to Harris the following early morning, claiming, “No matter what they’ve said to bring you down…they can never say you didn’t run your race with honesty and with integrity!”
She given thanks to Harris for being a “real example of what the American dream should be.”
Other stars shared comparable feelings. Ethel Cain published a lengthy representation, slamming “an embarrassingly large chunk of white men” whom she referred to as lining up with “power in ways that foster hatred.” Her article wrapped up with the message, “If you voted for [Trump], I hope peace never finds you.”
Lil Pump, a singing Trump advocate, shared a selfie putting on a MAGA hat with Trump on a television display behind him, composing, “They put him in jail, try to assassinate him, and he’s still here…a fu–ing warrior MAGA.”
With his win, Trump comes to be the earliest head of state to presume workplace at the beginning of a term, the very first previous head of state to gain back power given that Grover Cleveland, and the only individual with a felony sentence to go into the White House.
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