Breaking News: Texas man pays $4,000 for ‘autographed’ Taylor Swift guitar at auction then smashes it to pieces with hammer… See More

Taylor Swift has provoked the ire of some Trump supporters by endorsing Kamala Harris for president earlier this month

A man in Texas paid $4,000 for what was described as an “autographed” Taylor Swift guitar, only to immediately smash it to pieces with a hammer.

Footage of the incident at the Ellis County Wild Game Dinner in Waxahachie, Texas has since gone viral

The event was a fundraiser to support agricultural education for local youth, and the guitar was one of many items that were auctioned off along with tickets to see George Strait and Chris Stapleton, an African safari, a dove hunt and a trip to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.

In a statement to The Independent, one of the organizers said the Swift guitar was “a real autographed guitar and it sold for $4,000.”

In the video, the man can be seen approaching the stage where a member of auction staff is waiting with the instrument, which is covered in images of Swift from her record-breaking Eras Tour, and a hammer.

One event attendee, Rob Bartley, told The Independent: “A Taylor Swift guitar had sold at another event unrelated to this earlier in the year, so it wasn’t an unheard of type of item to auction.

“That said… when the man announced his intention to smash it the camera phones came out.”

Bartley added: “It was unexpected, but not surprising. This part of Texas leans heavily conservative and the Biden/Harris administration isn’t held in high regard.

A lot of the working class people that live around me feel that the administration gone from not working for us to working against us.”

Swift has provoked the ire of Donald Trump supporters in recent weeks after endorsing his rival Kamala Harris for president.

In the days following Swift’s announcement, Trump took to his Truth Social platform to write: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”

Swift’s endorsement drove more than 400,000 visitors to the vote.gov website in under 24 hours.

“I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election,” Swift wrote in an Instagram post soon after Harris and Trump met in a televised debate. “If you haven’t already, now is a great time to do your research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter to you the most.