Former NASCAR star racer Danica Patrick told Fox News she’s never voted in a presidential election before.
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Celebrities have weighed in on the 2024 presidential race in a variety of ways, with some of the biggest names in sports and Hollywood hoping their backing can move the needle this November.Key Facts
Former NASCAR star racer Danica Patrick, 42, told Fox News she’s never voted in a presidential election before—but that she will head to the ballot box this year to support Donald Trump, who she called the “rational, reasonable choice.”
Country artist Willie Nelson on Saturday said he will host a “Cannabis Community Zoom” call to support Kamala Harris on Thursday, Oct. 24 with stars Whoopi Goldberg, Brittney Spencer, Margo Price and Dahr Jamail slated to appear.
Musicians Lizzo and Usher campaigned for Harris in the swing states of Michigan and Georgia, respectively, over the weekend, and Lizzo referenced a disparaging line about Detroit from Trump in her speech: “They say if Kamala wins then the whole country will be like Detroit. Proud like Detroit, resilient like Detroit,” she said.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers players Le’Veon Bell, Antonio Brown and Mike Wallace appeared alongside former President Donald Trump at a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and the controversial former wide receiver Brown took the chance to criticize Vice President Kamala Harris’s vice presidential pick, Tim Walz, saying: “Tampon Tim Walz, he isn’t a real football coach. He could never guard me.”
Other former Steelers Jerome Bettis and “Mean” Joe Greene, as well as the son of Franco Harris, endorsed Harris for president.
Cher said in a video she is “proudly voting” for Harris and Walz because they “will fight to protect our rights.”
Author and finance guru Dave Ramsey said he will vote for Donald Trump because that is the candidate most likely to bring him “a tax policy I like, an immigration policy I like, a foreign policy I like. a gun policy I like, a climate change policy I like, a woke policy I like.”
Musician Marc Anthony, the son of Puerto Rican parents, appeared in an ad for Kamala Harris in which he slammed Trump’s handling of Hurricane Maria, which hit Puerto Rico in 2017, and said “I remember what he did and what he said. About our people.” What Other Celebrities Have Endorsed Harris?
Billionaire pop star Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris in an Instagram post minutes after a debate between Harris and Trump wrapped up.
