Here's a breakdown of TaylorSwift13's feud with the Whitehouse:
lobbying the Senate to second the House's approval of the Equality Act, which aims to prevent discrimination based on gender identity or sexuality.MTV's VMAs
on Monday night. "In this video, several points were made, so you voting for the video means that you want a world where we're all treated equally under the law, regardless of who we love, regardless of how we identify," she said when accepting the video of the year award for "You Need to Calm Down," which features a roster of LGBTQ celebrities and ends with a call for viewers to sign the petition.
Unfortunately, it looks like Swift might not have read the fine print: The White House is only required to respond to petitions that garner at least 100,000 signatures over the course of 30 days if they're hosted on its official petitionIn any case, now, the White House has responded—or at least thrown Swift a bone by making a statement to"The Trump Administration absolutely opposes discrimination of any kind and supports the equal treatment of all," White House spokesman Judd...
In essence, though, the White House's statement can be summed up by the name of Swift's now award-winning single: "You need to calm down."
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