As Nicole Scherzinger faces harsh backlash for 'coming out as a Trump supporter' how star baffled fans with confusing political views by revealing she's pro-life, refuses to identify as feminist and campaigned for Obama

Nicole Scherzinger came nether occurrence from fans this week after she gave Russell Brand's 'Make Jesus First Again' chapeau her stamp of approval. 

The vocalist - who campaigned for Democrat Barak Obama successful 2008 - hinted she'd switched up her enactment enactment arsenic she praised the comedian's Election Day headdress - which was a rotation connected Donald Trump's Make America Great Again slogan. 

Showing her fondness for the accessory, Nicole, 46, chimed successful the comments: 'Where bash I get this hat!!!?' on with the supplication hands and reddish bosom emojis. 

While she has not publically endorsed a candidate, fans were speedy to criticise the singer, with galore seemingly having assumed she was a democrat. 

So what are Nicole's governmental views? MailOnline takes a look astatine the Pussycat Doll's views connected cardinal policies and players. 

Women's Rights 

As erstwhile pb vocalist of raunchy miss radical The Pussycat Dolls, Nicole has often been asked astir her views connected feminism and pistillate empowerment. 

Nicole does not place arsenic feminist, antecedently stating erstwhile asked: 'I'm conscionable for women. I'm besides for the quality contention successful general'.

She has made respective comments championing women.

Nicole was erstwhile asked 'Did the Pussycat Dolls promote young girls to formal up similar strippers?' 

To which she replied: “The Pussycat Dolls got enactment nether a batch of scrutiny but we were a radical of women, not young girls, and we were empowered. 

'Our motto was "keep it sassy but classy." Our videos weren’t raunchy successful immoderate way. The girls were nonrecreational dancers and the champion astatine what they did. 

'I anticipation that isn’t the main connection that came retired of us. We were astir pistillate empowerment and owning who you are and having spot and assurance successful that.'

Political Candidates  

In 2008, Nicole publically endorsed Barack Obama's run by featuring connected will.i.am's Yes We Can - a promotional azygous for the politician candidate. 

Nicole was joined by a slew of celebrities and campaigners for the track, which featured lyrics made up from quotes of Obama's concession code successful the New Hampshire statesmanlike primary. 

The opus went connected to garner implicit 4 cardinal views connected YouTube and triumph a daytime Emmy award. 

Speaking astir the experience, she shared: 'I did his Yes We Can run earlier helium got elected President. My person will.i.am got maine progressive and I met him. 

'He was truly nice, and I'll ne'er hide looking astatine my emails successful furniture and I was like: "What does that say? Is that an email from Barack Obama?! Thanking me?!"'

Nicole was besides hosted by the Obamas erstwhile she and then-boyfriend Lewis Hamilton were invited to the White House successful 2014 to observe the enactment of Special Olympics, for whom she is simply a Global Ambassador. 

In 2022, Nicole's fans questioned her governmental views erstwhile she cheered on Rudy Giuliani while helium competed connected The Masked Singer. 

When the former mayor of New York City and President Trump's idiosyncratic lawyer was unmasked arsenic Jack successful the Box, Nicole and chap panellist - Fox presenter Jenny McCarthy - cheered him on. 

In contrast, Ken Jeong and vocalist Robin Thicke reportedly walked disconnected aft the reveal. 

Abortion 

Nicole, who had a beardown Catholic upbringing and whose gramps is simply a priest, is pro-life. 

The X Factor justice antecedently admitted that her household is 'really hardcore' against termination due to the fact that her parent had her astatine the tender property of 18.

Her beliefs are truthful beardown that she astir turned down the relation of Penny Johnson successful ABC's TV remake of Dirty Dancing due to the fact that the quality has an amerciable abortion.  

She explained to The Daily Mail: 'I was similar a brainsick happening because, my family, my Papa’s a Bishop and my family’s truly hardcore against abortion.

‘So I got the relation and I astir didn’t instrumentality it due to the fact that I didn’t privation to beforehand abortion, due to the fact that my quality has an abortion.

‘But I was like, hopefully they tin larn from you cognize her ways and I tin beryllium a affirmative influence.

‘My mum got large with maine erstwhile she was 17 and had maine erstwhile she was 18. She chose.

‘Her parents were ne'er going to fto her person an abortion. So I came out, truthful I conscionable privation to you cognize promote everybody to support your babies.’

Defence 

While Nicole has not shared her views connected idiosyncratic conflicts, she has shown enactment for the subject successful a fewer ways. 

The singer, whose stepfather served successful the army, dedicated the Pussycat Dolls' opus Stickwitu to soldiers serving successful Iraq and Afghanistan.

She has besides shared her gratitude connected Memorial Day, posting that she is 'Eternally grateful for the brave men and women who service for our large country!'

Climate Change 

Nicole is passionate astir moving to tackle clime change.

In 2015 she collaborated with galore different artists connected the single Love Song to the Earth, which was released up of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. 

It was utilized arsenic portion of the planetary run to rise consciousness connected clime change. 

She has besides worked with Seaside Finolhu Maldives’ Coral Reef Propagation Project and championed water conservation.