Several thousand dollars wiped out in seconds. In Texas (United States), a man paid $4,000 at a charity auction to purchase a guitar autographed by pop star Taylor Swift.
But just after acquiring the instrument, the buyer destroyed it with a hammer. The video that captured the scene quickly went viral. In this unusual sequence, we see a man go on stage, smiling, to receive his brand new possession. A member of the auction staff then hands her the guitar – adorned with images of the singer from her record-breaking “Eras” tour – but also a hammer. With the latter, we see him hitting the instrument, encouraged by the crowd.
He then raises the guitar above his head, pretending to want to throw it to the ground, before an auctioneer intervenes. “Take this and hang up this broken thing,” he joked before the man returned to his seat with his damaged prize.
A sign of anti-Kamala Harris discontent
The charity event the man was attending, a dinner called the “Ellis County Wild Game,” was intended to raise money for agricultural education for local youth. According to TMZ, who contacted the organizers of this evening, the guitar had been auctioned before Taylor Swift declared her support for Kamala Harris in the race for the White House. The instrument had been offered by a third party, with a certificate of authenticity confirming that the singer had signed it.
An attendee at the event, Rob Bartley, told The Independent: “A Taylor Swift guitar had been sold at another unrelated event earlier in the year, so it wasn’t a type of unique object to be put up for auction. (…) That said, when the man announced his intention to break it, the cameras came out. (…) It was unexpected, but not surprising. This area of Texas is very conservative and the Biden/Harris administration is not well liked. » And added: “Many workers who live around me have the feeling that the administration has not worked for us, but rather against us.” Suffice to say that the singer’s position is not viewed favorably.
On September 11, Taylor Swift wrote in an Instagram post: “I will vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz (Democratic vice-presidential candidate; Editor’s note) in the 2024 presidential election. If you haven’t done yet, now is the perfect time to do your research on current issues and the positions these candidates are taking on the issues that matter most to you.”
His speech caused a peak of more than 400,000 visitors to the vote.gov site in less than 24 hours and provoked the ire of Donald Trump’s supporters. The Republican candidate also declared on his Truth Social network: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT! »