Taylor Swift on Why She Wasbr Silent During the 2016 Election.br In a recent interview with ‘Vogue’ magazine,br Taylor Swift opened up about why she was sobr reluctant to endorse a political candidate in 2016.br Her political silence at the time led abr number of people to think the 29-year-oldbr singer was a secret Trump supporter.br According to Swift however, her silencebr was actually in defense of Hillary Clinton. .br Unfortunately in the 2016 election you hadbr a political opponent who was weaponizingbr the idea of the celebrity endorsement... I justbr knew I wasn’t going to help, Taylor Swift, via 'Vogue'.br Swift thought that aligning herself with Clintonbr wouldn’t help, but would rather be a “liability.”.br Would I be an endorsement or would Ibr be a liability? Look, snakes of a featherbr flock together. Look, the two lying women.br The two nasty women. Literally millionsbr of people were telling me to disappear.br So I disappeared. In many senses. , Taylor Swift, via 'Vogue'.br Since then, Taylor has been muchbr more vocal about her political stances,br saying she feels “very differently” now. .br In the past I’ve been reluctant to publicly voicebr my political opinions, but due to several eventsbr in my life and in the world in the past two years,br I feel very differently about that now, Taylor Swift, via 'Vogue'.