Taylor Swift tells America it’s time to start ‘healing process’ as she endorses Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

Singer says she will cast her ballot in support of the Democrat ticket

Taylor Swift has endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the 2020 presidential election, saying she believes both candidates will begin America’s “healing process”.

The singer made her position known on social media on Wednesday, pointing to a recent interview she gave to V Magazine.

“I will proudly vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in this year’s presidential election,” Swift told the publication.

“Under their leadership, I believe America has a chance to start the healing process it so desperately needs.”

“The artist also said the change “we need most is to elect a president who recognises that people of colour deserve to feel safe and represented, that women deserve the right to choose what happens to their bodies, and that the LGBTQIA+ community deserves to be acknowledged and included”.

“Everyone deserves a government that takes global health risks seriously and puts the lives of its people first,” she added.

“The only way we can begin to make things better is to choose leaders who are willing to face these issues and find ways to work through them.”

Swift made her announcement ahead of the vice-presidential debate between Harris and Mike Pence, also sharing a photo of herself holding a plate of “Biden-Harris 2020” cookies.

The singer first made her political views public in October 2018, when she endorsed two Democratic candidates in Tennesse’s midterm elections.

Her decision to speak out is chronicled in the documentary Miss Americana, released in January on Netflix.