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Alleged dead cats became the bizarre subject of one part of the presidential debate Tuesday.
Now, one particular dead cat has come back to life to endorse Kamala Harris.
Tardar Sauce, popularly known as social media sensation Grumpy Cat, died in 2019, but actor Aubrey Plaza resurrected her in photo form to endorse Harris and Tim Walz.
The Emmy-nominated Plaza voiced Grumpy Cat in the 2014 Lifetime movie “Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever.”
Plaza, 40, shared a photo of herself posing with her perma-frowning co-star in an Instagram post endorsing Harris and Walz.
The actor, who was nominated for an Emmy for “The White Lotus” and stars in the upcoming Marvel series “Agatha All Along,” did so just hours after Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president with a feline flourish.
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Swift, 34, made her endorsement by sharing a statement alongside a photo with her cat, Benjamin Button.
She signed the message “Childless Cat Lady,” a nod to a 2021 comment from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance.
“We’re effectively run in this country via the Democrats, via our corporate oligarchs, by a bunch of childless cat ladies,” the future vice presidential candidate told Tucker Carlson in the interview.
Neither Swift nor Plaza have children.
A group called Cat Ladies for Kamala says it has raised $385,000 for Harris’ campaign.
Grumpy Cat, who had feline dwarfism and an underbite, became a meme and social media star after a photo of her took off in 2012. Her likeness can be found on Grumpy Cat books, T-shirts, mugs and other merchandise.
The Arizona cat was 7 when she died.
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