Martha Stewart Just Quietly Endorsed Kamala Harris For President

Martha Stewart has finally spoken out on the 2024 election and endorsed a candidate.

At the Retail Influencer CEO Forum 2024 on Tuesday, Stewart shared that she would certainly She watched the evening debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump: “Oh, sure.” But for the first time this time, she also said who she was voting for: “Kamala,” she said, emphasizing the correct pronunciation.

Stewart is supporting Harris because she wants a president “who doesn’t hate New York” and “who doesn’t hate democracy,” she explained during an onstage conversation with Joanna Coles, the Daily Beast’s chief creative and content officer.

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The 83-year-old lifestyle expert has been critical of Trump since 2006, when they both had versions of The apprentice After Stewart’s version of the show received low ratings, she criticized Trump for not honoring a deal she made for her to “fire” him, leaving her show alone: ​​”Having two Apprentices “It was as unfair to him as it was to me,” she said at the time.

Trump, in turn, responded by berating her in a public letter, accusing her of lying about a deal and later telling reporters, “I wish she was able to take responsibility for her failure,” as the two argued.

She publicly supported Hillary Clinton over Trump in 2016, telling CNN: “We simply cannot have a country led by someone who is completely unprepared for what’s coming.”

Stewart is a convicted felon, but she was only barred from voting during her five-month prison sentence, beginning in October 2004, under the law of Connecticut, where she was a resident at the time. She was released in 2005 and later became a resident of New York, where she is also free to vote.

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After Trump won in 2016, Stewart walked back her earlier remarks, congratulating him and expressing excitement about having a “true entrepreneur in the White House.” She then remained conspicuously silent on the subject when Trump ran against Joe Biden in 2020.

In an interview with The New York Times In 2020, Stewart was asked whether or not she planned to support Biden or Trump for president, a question she dodged. “My personal dilemma is that my friends know who I am and what I stand for,” she told the Times“But as the owner of the magazine, how do you take sides when 50% of your readers are on one side and 50% on the other? It’s difficult. That’s my answer to that question.”

Four years later, Stewart still acknowledges that while discussing politics means she might “lose 50 percent of her viewers and fans,” she couldn’t help but confirm which side of the political divide she falls on when asked.

But don’t expect to hear much more politics from him anytime soon. “I’m not allowed to talk (about politics). I can’t publish anything about politics because, first of all, the eyes of a parent company will come and I’ll get a call right away — I can’t do that,” Stewart said. “You can’t talk about it, so keep quiet.”