Britney Spears Endorses Hillary Clinton, Then Deletes Tweet

Pop star Britney Spears (UPDATE: maybe?) endorsed Hillary Clinton on social media early Friday morning, tweeting two pictures of herself with the candidate in Las Vegas with the hashtag #ImWithHer. The hashtag is used by Clinton supporters. Nevada's Democratic caucus is this Saturday, which explains why Clinton was in the area.

Being in Vegas for #PieceOfMe is amazing for so many reasons... Especially today... because I had the incredible opportunity to meet @HillaryClinton!! Such an inspiration and beautiful voice for women around the world!!! This woman had an intense presence and I felt very honored to meet her!!!

A photo posted by Britney Spears (@britneyspears) on Feb 18, 2016 at 9:52pm PST

However, Spears deleted the tweet shortly after posting it, and then edited both Facebook and Instagram posts to remove the hashtag that indicated her support. She eventually re-posted the original tweet, also sans hashtag.

This was the tweet I linked to. Confused why @britneyspears deleted it but kept her insta post up. pic.twitter.com/hcYietSWGX
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) February 19, 2016

weird, it looks like @britneyspears has removed the “#ImWithHer” from her posts. Compare: https://t.co/hxg3xDNGyY pic.twitter.com/nIr8v3gLOj
— Christine Rousselle (@crousselle) February 19, 2016

also: pic.twitter.com/xDpl9rBOOt
— Christine Rousselle (@crousselle) February 19, 2016

Some of Spears' Bernie Sanders-supporting fans were less-than-thrilled with her decision to tweet her support of Clinton, whereas others were saying that Spears' tweet had tipped their vote:

Doesnt that face just scream 'I'm being paid for endorsing her but deep inside i feel the bern' https://t.co/v1k2dgwuqL
— vera (@televisionsets) February 19, 2016

While there have been longtime, completely unsubstantiated rumors that Spears is conservative-leaning or a Republican (probably rooted in the fact that she was raised in Louisiana), she has largely avoided anything to do with politics up until now. She had never publicly endorsed a candidate, and her stealth edits and deleted tweets could be a sign that while she's okay with meeting politicians, she doesn't want to publicly endorse anyone or influence her fans' votes.