The last time Taylor Swift encouraged her fans to vote on Instagram, it resulted in 35,000 new voter registrations. This year, with the singer endorsing Kamala Harris, her influence is likely to be felt again, much to the dismay of right-wing commentators like Megyn Kelly.

“You can kiss selling to the Republican crowd goodbye, Taylor,” Kelly shouted on her podcast on Wednesday. Notably, Swift also endorsed Joe Biden over Donald Trump in the 2020 election, and her sales didn’t suffer. Kelly continued confidently, though: “I hope you enjoyed (the sales) while you had them. This couple — Taylor and her boyfriend Travis Kelce — are the epitome of elitist snobs.”

Swift took to Instagram immediately after Tuesday night’s presidential debate and told her fans that she would be voting for Harris because “she fights for the rights and causes that I believe need a warrior to defend.” The pop star also criticized Trump for using AI-generated photos of the star that appeared to show her supporting him, which “brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter,” she wrote.

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Trump responded by telling Fox News that he prefers Swift’s girlfriend and “big Trump fan” Brittany Mahomes over the singer, adding that he was “never a fan of Taylor Swift,” before declaring that Swift “will pay a price in the marketplace” for supporting Harris over him.

Swift’s post included a photo of herself with her cat and she signed her caption, “Childless Cat Lady,” a direct rebuttal to Trump Vice President J.D. Vance, who made the fateful comment in 2021.

Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk called Swift’s statement “not surprising,” as he joined the chorus of disappointed conservatives and tweeted, “If Taylor really wants to protect her cats from Haitian migrants, she should reconsider!” with the hashtag “#ProtectTaylorsCats.” Fox host Mark Levin went one step further, calling Swift an “imbecile” in his tweet.

Ben Shapiro, despite his enthusiasm for Kid Rock’s performance for Trump at the Republican National Convention, tweeted: “If you vote for a certain candidate because your favorite singer does, please don’t vote. You’re too stupid to vote.”

Tim Walz, who heard about Swift’s radio show of support during an interview with Rachel Maddow, said in response, “I’m incredibly grateful to Taylor Swift, first of all. Look, Swifties, you heard it. That was eloquent and it was clear. And that’s the kind of courage that we need in America, to stand up.”

And Harris made her gratitude known as she left the stage performing Swift’s song “The Man” following her post-debate rally on Tuesday night. In that song, from 2019’s LoverSwift sings, “I’m so tired of running as fast as I can / I wonder if I’d get there faster if I was a man.”