Katy Perry has turned against her friend Elon Musk just hours before election day in the United States, which falls on Tuesday.
The 40-year-old pop singer shared on Monday that she agreed to perform at Kamala Harris’ rally in Pennsylvania even though Elon strongly supports Harris’ competitor Donald Trump.
Perry also shared a video on Instagram with Harris where she called the politician ‘KatyCat.’
Also at Monday’s rally will be Oprah, Lady Gaga, Jazmine Sullivan and The Roots. Pennsylvania is a swing state, so it’s important for Kamala to have a show of star power the day before the election.
Perry is no stranger to supporting politicians: in 2016 she sang Roar at the Democratic National Convention and sang Firework at Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Katy Perry has turned against her friend Elon Musk just hours before Election Day, which falls on Tuesday. Seen at the end of September
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 27.
Katy’s friend Musk has been a strong supporter of Trump.
But he has been accused of sharing misleading claims about the election on his social media platform that have garnered billions of views, according to an investigative analysis by a nonprofit that tracks misinformation.
Musk, who endorsed former President Donald Trump in July, is the billionaire X owner of Tesla and SpaceX.
He has donated more than $118 million to a pro-Trump super PAC.
Last week, CNN took issue with Musk’s claim that undocumented immigrants are voting in large numbers in the US Democratic elections.
Musk has used
It’s a far-right conspiracy theory.
The campaign for the 2024 US presidential election has been particularly volatile.
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a presidential debate with Republican presidential candidate Trump, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September.
On Monday, Perry shared this video with Harris where he called her KatyCat.
The AP reported that security for Tuesday’s Election Day is being increased to unprecedented levels due to concerns about possible civil unrest, election rigging or violence against poll workers.
The states of Oregon, Washington and Nevada have activated the National Guard, the FBI has established a command post to monitor threats and security has been reinforced at many of the country’s nearly 100,000 polling stations.
Nineteen states, including key election battlegrounds Arizona, Michigan and Nevada, have enacted election security-enhancing laws since 2020, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at the JS Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 4.
With Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump deadlocked at the climax of the race, officials are eager to reassure nervous Americans that their votes are safe. But they are also beefing up physical security for election operations across the country.
Runbeck Election Services, which provides security technology for election operations, confirmed to AFP on Monday that it has ordered about 1,000 panic buttons for clients including election facilities and their workers.
These small devices worn as a lanyard or in a pocket pair with the user’s cell phone and contact law enforcement or other authorities in an emergency.
Officials in the seven most closely watched swing states are eager to convey confidence in a safe and fair election.
‘Here in Georgia it’s easy to vote and hard to cheat. “Our systems are secure and our people are prepared,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters on Monday.
Fringe activists could bring some “additional drama” to the process, he said.
