Why Chappell Roan Is Not Endorsing Kamala Harris—Or Donald Trump, Or RFK, Jr., Or Anyone Else

Kamala Harris might have used a Chappell Roan music to soundtrack a viral TikTok, calling for a “Femininomenon” on the polls this November, however followers shouldn’t maintain their breath for a public endorsement anytime quickly.

Whereas discussing the upcoming U.S. presidential election in an interview with The Guardian, revealed Friday, Roan mentioned that she had “so many points with our authorities in each method. There are such a lot of issues that I might wish to change. So I don’t really feel pressured to endorse somebody.” It’ll take greater than that sought-after Harris-Walz camo ballcap paying homage to Roan’s personal The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess album merch to win her public assist. “There’s issues on each side.”

Roan, who’s a lesbian, has been vocal about her assist for trans rights and different points. In June, dressed as her tackle the Statue of Liberty, she introduced from the stage of the Governor’s Ball music pageant in New York that she’d declined an invitation to carry out on the White Home, earlier than dedicating her music “My Kink Is Karma” to the Joe Biden administration. “We would like liberty, freedom, and justice for all,” she mentioned from the stage. “While you do this, that’s once I’ll come.” This month, in an interview with Rolling Stone, Roan revealed that she’d initially deliberate to just accept the invite and browse poems by Palestinian ladies as a substitute of performing considered one of her songs as an act of protest, however was talked out of it by her publicist.

“I’m not going to go to the White Home as a result of I’m not going to be a monkey for Satisfaction,” she mentioned. She then criticized the Biden administration for strolling again stances on gender-affirming surgical procedure for transgender youths. “Thank God I didn’t go as a result of they simply made an enormous assertion about trans youngsters.”

Within the Guardian interview, she doubled down on trans rights as considered one of her prime points this election. “They can not have cis individuals making choices for trans individuals, interval,” she mentioned.

As a substitute of becoming a member of the growling checklist of celebrities in endorsing a selected candidate this election, Roan inspired followers to “use your important pondering expertise, use your vote—vote small, vote for what’s occurring in your metropolis.”