Katy Perry has turned on her friend Elon Musk just hours before election day in the US, which falls on Tuesday.
The 40-year-old pop singer shared on Monday that she has agreed to perform at Kamala Harris’ Pennsylvania rally even though Elon is strongly supporting Harris’ competitor Donald Trump.
Perry also shared a video to Instagram with Harris where she called the politician a ‘KatyCat.’
Also at the Monday rally will be Oprah, Lady Gaga, Jazmine Sullivan, and the Roots. Pennsylvania is a swing state so it is important for Kamala to have a show of star power in the day before the election.
Perry is no stranger to supporting politicians: in 2016 she sang Roar at the Democratic National Convention and she belted out Firework at Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Katy Perry has turned on her friend Elon Musk just hours before election day which falls on Tuesday. Seen in late 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 strongly supporting Trump.
But he has been accused of sharing misleading claims about the election on his social media platform which have gotten billions of views, according to research analysis from 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 given more than $118 million to a pro-Trump super PAC.
Last week CNN took issue with Musk’s assertion that undocumented immigrants are voting in strong numbers in US elections for Democrats.
Musk has used X to falsely claim that Democrats are ‘importing voters’ by ‘flying millions’ of undocumented immigrants into the US, so they can vote for Harris in the 2024 election.
It is a far-right conspiracy theory.
The 2024 US presidential election campaign has been a particularly volatile one.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee Trump, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September
On Monday Perry shared this video with Harris where she called her a KatyCat
It has been reported by AP that security for Election Day on Tuesday is being ramped up to unprecedented levels given concerns over possible civil unrest, election chicanery, or violence against election workers.
The states of Oregon, Washington and Nevada have activated the National Guard, the FBI has set up a command post to monitor threats, and security has been bolstered at many of the nation’s nearly 100,000 polling stations.
Nineteen states – including key election battlegrounds Arizona, Michigan and Nevada – have enacted election security enhancement laws since 2020, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 4
With Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump deadlocked at the climax of the race, authorities are keen to reassure jittery Americans that their votes are secure. But they are also bolstering physical security for election operations across the country.
Runbeck Election Services, which provides security technology for poll operations, confirmed to AFP Monday it has ordered some 1,000 panic buttons for clients that include election facilities and their workers.
These small devices worn as a lanyard or held in a pocket are paired with a user’s cell phone and contact law enforcement or other authorities in case of emergency.
Officials in the seven most closely watched swing states are eager to convey confidence in a secure and fair election.
‘Here in Georgia, it is easy to vote and hard to cheat. Our systems are secure and our people are ready,’ Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters on Monday.
Fringe activists might bring some ‘extra drama’ to the proceedings, he said.