When it comes to fundraising off Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album, Rep. Dean Phillips’s (D-Minn.) presidential campaign is “Ready for It,” blasting out an appeal to supporters just minutes after the singer announced her new project.
The Minnesota Democrat’s campaign sent out an email just after midnight Monday with a subject line that echoed the title of Swift’s new album, which she revealed at the Grammy Awards on Sunday: “The Tortured Poets Department.”
“I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years, which is that my brand-new album comes out April 19,” Swift said during the awards ceremony in Los Angeles while accepting the Grammy for best pop vocal album.
“That announcement, wow,” said an email from Phillips’s campaign following Swift’s remarks.
“No, she didn’t endorse Dean Phillips. Instead, she’s dropping a bombshell with her upcoming album,” added the email, asking supporters to donate $13 to Phillips’s White House bid to match Swift’s number of Grammys.