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Earlier within the week, Rihanna took to Instagram to encourage her followers to vote within the U.S. presidential election.
The mom of two used her caption to emphasize the significance of defending ladies’s rights. “When defending p**sies and firing p**sies can occur multi functional vote,” she penned on Monday (Nov. 4) alongside the hashtags #VoteCauseICant and #TanSuitSeason.
The comment appeared to assist Kamala Harris, who promised to defend abortion rights following the repeal of Roe v. Wade. Donald Trump’s administration notably appointed three conservative Supreme Court docket justices, which contributed to the ruling’s reversal in 2022.
Within the video itself, Rihanna humorously stated, “POV: Me attempting to sneak into the polls with my son’s passport.” The singer, who shares two youngsters with ASAP Rocky, was born in Barbados and isn’t eligible to vote in the US.
Rihanna’s publish evidently angered a few of her followers, with one particularly urging the “Diamonds” singer to “Follow the music, sis.” The consumer stated, “Eager to safe the border is akin to shutting the door to your own home. It’s not even a locked door; it’s merely shut. All you gotta do is open it and stroll in. There’s a proper and a flawed approach to come inside. The people who find themselves in opposition to having a safe border are primarily saying it’s okay to interrupt a window and enter that means.”
They continued, “Why are so many in opposition to that? Y’all [are] wildin’. That is precisely why celebrities shouldn’t be posting their political beliefs. How [are] you gonna misguide your followers?” Catching wind of the touch upon early Tuesday (Nov. 5), Rihanna responded, “The place had been you [on] Jan. 6, sis? Follow your discounted crotch. We [are] out right here combating for its rights!”
Over a thousand Trump supporters had been arrested for storming the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021, simply two months after he misplaced the 2020 election.