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Munu

(218 posts)
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 02:42 PM Feb 8

Nicki Minaj Fans Say They're Switching to Republican Party (Newsweek)

Nicki Minaj Fans Say They’re Switching to Republican Party
Newsweek

Nicki Minaj fans, known as “The Barbz,” are sharing their intentions online to switch to the Republican Party, following Minaj’s public shift to the right and alignment with the Trump administration.

“Today is the day I switch to republican,” one Minaj fan wrote on X in a post viewed over 300,000 times, as Minaj’s pivot encourages her fans to follow suit.

Why It Matters

Minaj has previously spoken out against President Donald Trump on multiple occasions during his first term. But his second term in office has been a different story for the Super Bass hitmaker.

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Makes me angry, but I'm also skeptical of how influential she ever was.

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Nicki Minaj Fans Say They're Switching to Republican Party (Newsweek) (Original Post) Munu Feb 8 OP
This is newsweek...................... Lovie777 Feb 8 #1
But she's an illegal immigrant MagickMuffin Feb 8 #2
Didn't she also lose fans because of her Trump love? That appearance with Erica Kirk? Intractable Feb 8 #3
Sounds like her supporter posts are fake accounts kimbutgar Feb 8 #4
Swifties for Trump LessAspin Feb 8 #8
Bots Johonny Feb 8 #5
If you switch parties on a dime because of a celeb, I doubt you are a voter newdeal2 Feb 8 #6
who? niyad Feb 8 #7
Both of them doc03 Feb 8 #9
from music that abuses women to a party that actually abuses women. well at least these fans are consistent nt msongs Feb 8 #10

MagickMuffin

(18,322 posts)
2. But she's an illegal immigrant
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 02:48 PM
Feb 8

Perhaps her influence with her new boytoy trump, she can convenience him to get rid of ICE.







Intractable

(2,115 posts)
3. Didn't she also lose fans because of her Trump love? That appearance with Erica Kirk?
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 02:49 PM
Feb 8

I don't follow these things. I didn't even know that Nicki Minaj existed before the Kirk thing entered the news.

kimbutgar

(27,257 posts)
4. Sounds like her supporter posts are fake accounts
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 02:51 PM
Feb 8

I wouldn’t put it past them to use troll farm posters to trick her fans.

newdeal2

(5,438 posts)
6. If you switch parties on a dime because of a celeb, I doubt you are a voter
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 03:18 PM
Feb 8

So whether these are trolls, bots, or real people it doesn’t matter much.

msongs

(73,760 posts)
10. from music that abuses women to a party that actually abuses women. well at least these fans are consistent nt
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 07:43 PM
Feb 8
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