After The Whole American Eagle Backlash, It's Emerged That Syndey Sweeney Is Indeed A Republican

Sydney Sweeney is a registered Republican.

A viral post on X by the user @time222smoke first claimed that the actor was a registered member of the party. According to publicly available voter registration records that BuzzFeed viewed, Sydney has been registered to the Republican Party of Florida since June 2024.

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The news comes after Sydney faced backlash for her “great jeans” American Eagle ad, in which she said, “Genes are passed down from parent to offspring, often determining traits like eye color, personality, and even hair color. My jeans are blue.”

White House communications manager Steven Cheung subsequently called criticism that the ad acted as a right-wing signal for whiteness “dense liberal thinking” and “cancel culture run amok.”

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Sydney previously faced criticism in 2022 for posting a series of photos from a “surprise hoedown” she’d thrown for her mother’s birthday, in which guests wore MAGA-style hats and one was spotted seemingly wearing a “Blue Lives Matter” shirt.

In response, Sydney said at the time, “An innocent celebration for my moms milestone 60th birthday has turned into an absurd political statement, which was not the intention. Please stop making assumptions.”