I stand with Hillary, says indecisive Kim
FOR A moment there, it seemed that Hillary Clinton had lost the Kim Kardashian vote.
The reality television star and mogul backed Clinton as early as August 2015 and, in typical Kim Kardashian fashion, had declared her allegiance via selfie.
But last week, reports emerged that Kardashian was thinking of voting for Donald Trump after Caitlyn Jenner – a Republican who spoke during the party’s convention – encouraged her to reconsider her vote.
It all stemmed from a Kardashian quote attributed to an upcoming Wonderland magazine cover story.
The quote doesn’t appear in the online version of the magazine, but BuzzFeed UK reports that it did appear in an advance version sent to certain outlets.
The reported quote read: “At first I thought, ‘ Oh my god, I’m so Hillary (Clinton),’ but I had a long political call with Caitlyn (Jenner) last night about why she’s voting Trump. I’m on the fence.”
It wasn’t long before headlines declared “Caitlyn Jenner Convinces Kim Kardashian to Consider Trump” and “Hillary Clinton Supporter Kim Kardashian Might Vote for Donald Trump”.
According to Kardashian, her phone blew up with messages from f amily, friends and both candidates’ camps.
So she took to her website on Saturday night and explained why she was on the fence about her vote.
“There was a point when I wasn’t 100 percent sure I was even going to vote in this election; I didn’t want to vote blindly,” she wrote.
“But I also thought about how not voting would mean that I wasn’t making my voice heard, so I decided to talk to my closest friends and family who I love and trust – to have an open conversation about politics.”
She spoke with Jenner, who encouraged her “to do my research before making my decision and then vote for the candidate whose policies aligned with the things that matter most to me.”
Kardashian continued: “I found that, without a doubt, I stand with Hillary. I’m with her. I believe Hillary will best represent our country and is the most qualified for the job.”
She also wrote that she believed both Clinton and Trump “have the intention of making the country a safer and stronger place for every American”.
Jenner, for her part, has made varying s t at ements about Trump and Clinton.
In a March episode of her show, I Am Cait, she said she wasn’t a Trump fan because of “his macho attitude” but would “never ever, ever vote for Hillary.
“We’re done; if Hillary becomes president, the country is over.”