“I hate Taylor Swift,” Trump later declared on Truth Social, his social media website, to his 7.71 million followers.

Texas billionaire and Trump supporter Elon Musk also responded to Swift’s endorsement of the Harris-Walz campaign, in a post that drew national attention.

“Fine Taylor…you win…I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life,” Musk wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in an apparent jab at Swift, who had signed off her endorsement with “childless cat lady.”

Despite false rumors that Swift lost 17 million followers on Instagram and was banned on X after her endorsement, the popstar’s statement seemed to have an immediate effect on voter registration numbers. On the day of her endorsement, a custom URL shared by Swift on her Instagram story that expired after 24 hours had directed 405,999 visitors to vote.gov, according to a spokesperson from the General Services Administration (GSA) speaking to USA TODAY.

The day after her endorsement, Swift made another statement at MTV’s 2024 Video Music Awards.

“If you are over 18, please register to vote for something else that’s very important coming up,” the 30-time VMA winner said while accepting the “Video of the Year” award.

Since the video went viral, the incident has prompted mixed reactions on social media. Here’s what people had to say about the purchase and destruction of Swift’s guitar.

? NEW: Man is going viral for attending an auction where he bought one of Taylor Swift’s guitars for $4,000 just to destroy it.

Legend.
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— Jack (@jackunheard) September 30, 2024

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