Musicians Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus hit the campaign trail in support of Hillary Clinton on Saturday. At George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, Cyrus went door-to-door in Piedmont Hall and met with students and urged them to vote for Clinton on November 8th or to take advantage of early voting. During the primary, Cyrus was a supporter of Senator Bernie Sanders and she has been working to get Sanders supporters to back Clinton for president.
And so it went on Saturday afternoon at George Mason in the swing state of Virginia, where a lucky number of students in the Piedmont dorm got to wait in their pizza box-laden rooms waiting for Cyrus to enter and chat them up, even pose for selfies on their junky twin beds. They were smiling and sticking their tongues out in trademark Cyrus style.
Cyrus went door to door across the university's dorms, surprising students with a chance to get candid about who they're voting for.
A day before, the 23-year-old took to Instagram announcing her plans to campaign for the presidential candidate. Sporting a Clinton t-shirt and posing in front of a private jet, Cyrus wrote, "OMW 2 VA 4 HC!!!! @hillaryclinton #imwithher"
Miley isn't the only music phenom getting political this weekend. Katy Perry is set to rally for the election later this afternoon at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in support of Clinton.
The "Rise" songstress confirmed the news on Twitter, writing, "I'm bringing the glitter...and the knowledge!" Earlier this summer, Perry was joined by boyfriend Orlando Bloomat the Democratic National Convention where she performed onstage.
Hundreds of George Mason students not lucky to live in Piedmont had to wait outside, where they chanted “We want Miley! We want Miley!” and sang her songs.
She eventually blew them kisses from a dorm window, hoisting a “Stronger Together” poster and prompting shouts below of “Twerk for us! Twerk!”
With less than three weeks until the election, the Clinton campaign has deployed Cyrus, Katy Perry and other celebrities to boost turnout for the Democratic ticket.
Cyrus’s endorsement of Clinton comes after some very public embraces of Sanders. Just last month, Cyrus told Elle magazine that she was going to tell contestants the following advice: “Be Bernie Sanders. Be the person people want and love. Don’t worry about the masses. That’s how you make a memorable moment. Let people talk about it.”
And six months ago, she participated in a celebrity video pushing Sanders as the Democratic nominee over Clinton. In the April video, in which she appears alongside the likes of Susan Sarandon and Harry Belafonte, she said the Vermont senator “has been a bad ass in supporting the LGBT community.” She advertised the clip on her Twitter account, saying, “I feel the bern @Bernie Sanders and @SusanSarandon.”
Regardless of whether she’s been riding the Clinton train the whole time or not, one thing is clear: the musician is not a fan of Donald Trump. In early 2016, she launched into an Instagram tirade against the eventual Republican nominee, blasting him as a “[expletive] nightmare” and vowed to leave the country if he won the White House.
Meanwhile, Perry was in Las Vegas, Nevada where she spent the afternoon on the campus of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. She began by knocking on dorm doors and asking students to vote for Clinton. Perry stuck around for an early voting event held on the campus. During the event, Perry spoke about the importance of voting and electing Clinton president, but also the importance of electing Democrats down ballot into office as well saying, “We got a crew. We got a clique. We all run together.” Perry then introduced Democratic US Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto who spoke to the crowd about the election and urged the them to vote on November 8th. Watch a video from the event below.
And so it went on Saturday afternoon at George Mason in the swing state of Virginia, where a lucky number of students in the Piedmont dorm got to wait in their pizza box-laden rooms waiting for Cyrus to enter and chat them up, even pose for selfies on their junky twin beds. They were smiling and sticking their tongues out in trademark Cyrus style.
Cyrus went door to door across the university's dorms, surprising students with a chance to get candid about who they're voting for.
A day before, the 23-year-old took to Instagram announcing her plans to campaign for the presidential candidate. Sporting a Clinton t-shirt and posing in front of a private jet, Cyrus wrote, "OMW 2 VA 4 HC!!!! @hillaryclinton #imwithher"
Miley isn't the only music phenom getting political this weekend. Katy Perry is set to rally for the election later this afternoon at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in support of Clinton.
The "Rise" songstress confirmed the news on Twitter, writing, "I'm bringing the glitter...and the knowledge!" Earlier this summer, Perry was joined by boyfriend Orlando Bloomat the Democratic National Convention where she performed onstage.
Hundreds of George Mason students not lucky to live in Piedmont had to wait outside, where they chanted “We want Miley! We want Miley!” and sang her songs.
She eventually blew them kisses from a dorm window, hoisting a “Stronger Together” poster and prompting shouts below of “Twerk for us! Twerk!”
With less than three weeks until the election, the Clinton campaign has deployed Cyrus, Katy Perry and other celebrities to boost turnout for the Democratic ticket.
Cyrus’s endorsement of Clinton comes after some very public embraces of Sanders. Just last month, Cyrus told Elle magazine that she was going to tell contestants the following advice: “Be Bernie Sanders. Be the person people want and love. Don’t worry about the masses. That’s how you make a memorable moment. Let people talk about it.”
And six months ago, she participated in a celebrity video pushing Sanders as the Democratic nominee over Clinton. In the April video, in which she appears alongside the likes of Susan Sarandon and Harry Belafonte, she said the Vermont senator “has been a bad ass in supporting the LGBT community.” She advertised the clip on her Twitter account, saying, “I feel the bern @Bernie Sanders and @SusanSarandon.”
Regardless of whether she’s been riding the Clinton train the whole time or not, one thing is clear: the musician is not a fan of Donald Trump. In early 2016, she launched into an Instagram tirade against the eventual Republican nominee, blasting him as a “[expletive] nightmare” and vowed to leave the country if he won the White House.
Meanwhile, Perry was in Las Vegas, Nevada where she spent the afternoon on the campus of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. She began by knocking on dorm doors and asking students to vote for Clinton. Perry stuck around for an early voting event held on the campus. During the event, Perry spoke about the importance of voting and electing Clinton president, but also the importance of electing Democrats down ballot into office as well saying, “We got a crew. We got a clique. We all run together.” Perry then introduced Democratic US Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto who spoke to the crowd about the election and urged the them to vote on November 8th. Watch a video from the event below.
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