JD Vance reacts to Taylor Swift's jab at him, Harris endorsement: 'Fundamentally disconnected'

JD Vance shrugged off Taylor Swift as "fundamentally disconnected from the problems of most Americans" after the pop superstar endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for president.

"We admire Taylor Swift's music, but I don’t think most Americans, whether they like her music, are fans of her or not, are going to be influenced by a billionaire celebrity who I think is fundamentally disconnected from the interests and the problems of most Americans," Vance said Wednesday on "The Story." 

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"When grocery prices go up 20%, it hurts most Americans, it doesn't hurt Taylor Swift. When housing prices become unaffordable, it doesn't affect Taylor Swift or any other billionaire," Vance continued. "It does affect middle-class Americans all over our country."

Swift endorsed Harris minutes after she and former President Trump wrapped up their first presidential debate on Tuesday night.

"The Story" anchor Martha MacCallum noted that Swift took a jab at Vance in her announcement, signing off as "Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady." The refrain, which has gone viral in recent weeks, referenced a comment made by Vance in 2021 when he declared that the U.S. was effectively being run "by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made, and so they wanna make the rest of the country miserable, too." He has since defended the remark as a "joke" that was "willfully misinterpreted" by Democrats.

Swift, who posted a picture of herself cradling her cat above her endorsement on Instagram, said she will be voting for Harris because "she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them."

Vance said he believes the Trump campaign has a more compelling and relatable message for female voters, highlighting the GOP pledge to restore public safety nationally.

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"I think our pitch to women voters is very simple. Donald Trump delivered policies that lowered the prices of groceries, lowered the prices of housing and most importantly, Donald Trump delivered public safety in our country."

He continued, "I've got three little kids, I want my kids to grow up in a country where the neighborhoods are safe enough, the streets are safe enough for them not to make mistakes and not have it take their lives. 20 years ago, [if] you smoke a joint you got yelled at by your parents. Today you smoke a joint, it’s laced with fentanyl and might take a teenager's life.

"I don’t want that for my family, I don’t think most women want that for their neighborhoods and their families and our argument is elect Donald Trump. We will redeliver the public safety that has been so lacking in this country the last few years."

Earlier Wednesday, Trump appeared to be unbothered by Swift's endorsement of Harris, remarking in a "Fox & Friends" interview that he expected her to endorse the Democratic nominee.

"It was just a question of time. She couldn't […] possibly endorse Biden. You look at Biden, you couldn't possibly endorse him," Trump said, clarifying that he is "not a Taylor Swift fan."

"She's a very liberal person. She seems to always endorse a Democrat," he added. "And she'll probably pay a price for it […] in the marketplace."

After the presidential debate, here's where Trump and Harris are campaigning next

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump dueled it out during their first presidential debate on Tuesday and, with the debate behind them, they are now traveling to different swing states where they will get the chance to speak directly with voters.

Trump has his sights set on Arizona, where he will hold a rally in Tucson, while the Harris team is heading to North Carolina, where she's scheduled to hold events in Charlotte and Greensboro.

Arizona and North Carolina are both considered among prized battlegrounds for the 2024 election and the opposing campaigns undoubtedly understand that securing either will help expand their narrow paths to victory in a closely fought presidential race.

Thursday’s events come after both candidates spent Wednesday commemorating those who lost their lives during the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

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Polling experts say only a handful of battleground states will ultimately decide the outcome of the election and the candidates’ respective destinations give insight into their strategies.

Trump won North Carolina in both of his previous White House bids. The former president held rallies throughout the state last month and Republicans have been confident about his chances to win the state for a third time.

However, Trump's 2020 margin of victory in the state was just 1.3 percentage points, his narrowest win of any state that year.

The Harris campaign’s eagerness to return to North Carolina points to their hope that its diversifying population will give them a chance to flip the state this go around. Harris's campaign said Thursday's trip will be her ninth to the state this year.

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Historically, Democrats haven't won North Carolina's electoral votes since 2008, when former President Obama was elected for the first time.

Registered independents — also known as unaffiliated voters — are the state’s largest voting bloc, so it is widely up for grabs.

A state Supreme Court ruling this week affirming that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must be removed from North Carolina ballots could bring additional votes Trump’s way. Kennedy, a lifelong Democrat who was running as an Independent, endorsed Trump in the race.

Historically, Republicans have dominated North Carolina in recent years and the state has voted red in 10 of the last 11 presidential elections (Obama won the state in 2008).

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In Arizona, the political trend is similar — with one major exception.

While Trump won Arizona in 2016, he lost it in 2020. Republicans have won Arizona in nearly every presidential election since World War II, but President Biden eked out a narrow victory in 2020.

More recently, the state has only voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in two of the last 18 elections (Clinton in 1996 and Biden in 2020).

Arizona was particularly tumultuous for Trump in 2020 as he previously clashed with the late U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain.

Republicans still outnumber Democrats in Arizona, but a third of voters are independents.

Wednesday’s somber display provided respite from partisan politics in the high-speed campaign season.

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At a fire station in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, close to where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed after passengers fought back against their hijackers, Trump met with locals. Biden and Harris visited the same fire station earlier in the day.

Trump and Harris met in-person later the same day, when both traveled to Manhattan for another 9/11 ceremony.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.