California Democrats Ask Taylor Swift to Postpone Concerts, Try to Turn Away Hotel Business to Support Local Strike

Taylor Swift accepts the Song of the Year award for “Anti-Hero” onstage during the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 27, 2023. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadio

California’s lieutenant governor and other politicians of the state on Tuesday called upon music icon Taylor Swift to postpone her Los Angeles concerts in an effort to stand in solidarity with striking hotel workers.

Lt. Gov. Eleni Koualakis, a Democrat, along with dozens of the state’s other elected officials presented their request to Ms. Swift by signing their names to an open letter organized by Unite Here Local 11 to put pressure on the singer/songwriter. Ms. Swift is set to perform six sold-out shows at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium, beginning Thursday and continuing through Aug. 9.

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The letter appealed to Ms. Swift by emphasizing the amount of money that her shows make in the Southern California region, attributing that to the doubling and tripling of what they cost because of Swift’s appearances there.