{"id":38444,"date":"2020-11-01T19:04:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T19:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=38444"},"modified":"2020-11-01T19:04:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T19:04:46","slug":"your-voice-is-your-vote-celebrities-on-who-they-think-should-be-us-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/your-voice-is-your-vote-celebrities-on-who-they-think-should-be-us-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Your voice is your vote! \u2013 Celebrities on who they think should be US president"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2020 US election is around the corner. Meanwhile, celebrities in America have made use of their social media platforms to encourage their followers to vote. <\/strong>Not only this, but some celebrities have also voiced who they think should be president of the United States. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Celebrities including Kendall Jenner, Rihanna, Will Smith, Offset, Lizzo and others have campaigned via their social media platforms for people to take action and hit the polls.<\/p>\n

The infographic below states some of the ways as to how these celebrities have used their influence to encourage voting:<\/p>\n

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Multiple celebrities have taken it a step further. Instead of just encouraging others to vote, they have also endorsed who they think should be the next president and even prompted their followers to vote for them.<\/p>\n

Between the two leading candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden, some celebrities are openly rooting for Trump to stay in power while others are opting for Biden to win.<\/p>\n

Team Trump:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lil Pump<\/strong><\/p>\n

Florida-born music artist Lil Pump is one of the celebrities who have openly endorsed Trump and is rooting for him to stay president of the United States. He has taken his views to his social media sites, including his Instagram account, in which he has amassed 17.2M followers and counting.<\/p>\n

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Photo by: Kevin Wong from Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

His most recent posts, in which he shows to support Trump, include an image of the day he met Trump for the first time. The picture shows the rapper in a suit shaking the current president’s hand and smiling to the camera. The image captions: “THE DAY I MET TRUMP #trump20202020.”<\/p>\n

Another post also shows an edited image of what appears to be a mugshot of Lil Pump, with Donald Trump’s face photoshopped onto it which he captions “LIL TRUMP!!! ESSKEETI”<\/p>\n

The rapper, who is best known for his iconic Gucci Gang\u00a0<\/em>song and collaborations with artists including Kanye West, has also previously gone on Instagram Live to express his support for Trump.<\/p>\n

During the live stream, he appears saying: “All I gotta say is Trump 2020 b****! F*** I look like paying an extra 33 in taxes for Biden?” He then continued to say “F*** sleepy Joe!” before ending the live stream.<\/p>\n

In other posts, the rapper also appears wearing gear which endorsed Trump for the elections; these included a face mask and a hat that both read “Trump 2020.”<\/p>\n

Pump claimed that Biden had lost his support due to the tax plan which he has proposed, and he has reportedly threatened that if Trump doesn’t win the 2020 election, he will be moving to Colombia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

50 Cent<\/b><\/p>\n

Rapper 50 Cent had also shown a disdain for Biden’s proposal to increase tax plan for corporations and the wealthiest Americans and has previously encouraged his followers to “vote for Trump” after posting a screenshot with Biden’s tax plan being broadcasted on television.<\/p>\n

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Photo by: TigerDirect.com from Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n

In the caption, the rapper showed to be rooting for Trump after saying: “WHAT THE F***! (VOTE ForTRUMP) IM OUT, F*** NEW YORK.”<\/p>\n

The highlight of the post was when he stated that he does not care about Trump not liking black people: “I don’t care if Trump doesn’t like black people 62% of you are out of ya f****** mind.”<\/p>\n

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Source: @50cent Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n

This led to a backlash from the public with his ex-girlfriend, comedian Chelsea Handler, reminding the rapper that he is black and saying how he “used to be” her “favourite ex-boyfriend.”<\/p>\n

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You used to be my favorite ex-boyfriend.<\/p>\n

— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) October 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n