Weeks earlier than Virginia’s gubernatorial election, the marketing campaign for Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe is reaching out to an surprising constituency: Taylor Swift followers.

On Tuesday, the McAulliffe marketing campaign launched a collection of Fb, Instagram, and Google search adverts highlighting his opponent Glenn Youngkin’s function within the controversial buy of Taylor Swift’s grasp recordings in 2019. The buyout of Swift’s masters has been some extent of bitter competition for the singer and her followers and may very well be an surprising legal responsibility within the upcoming race.

Final 12 months, Youngkin — the Republican nominee for Virginia governor — retired as co-CEO of the non-public fairness agency The Carlyle Group earlier than launching his 2021 gubernatorial bid. At Carlyle, Youngkin…

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