Benjamin Button was back in the headlines all of a sudden. Not Brad Pitt’s portrayal of Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s hero in 2008, but Taylor Swift’s cat. At the conclusion of the ABC debate on September 10, global superstar Swift voiced her support for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. This enraged Trump, who the following Sunday posted on social media, saying, “I HATE Taylor Swift!” Swift infuriated him when she used her ragdoll, a domestic cat breed, to support Harris on Instagram and captioned the photo, “Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady.” The 34-year-old artist, who has 284 million followers, was replying to the Republican candidate’s running mate, JD Vance, without even mentioning him. He made use of this spinster stereotype in a 2021 video that surfaced again in July.
