After a lot hypothesis as as to whether she’d ever make an look, Beyoncé lastly joined Vice President Kamala Harris at a Houston rally on Friday.
The singer was launched by her mom, Tina Knowles, and joined onstage by her former Future’s Baby bandmate, Kelly Rowland. Earlier within the night, nation music’s Willie Nelson carried out.
“We are at the precipice of an enormous shift,” Beyoncé advised the group. “I’m not here as a celebrity. I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother, a mother who cares about the world our children live in, a world where we have the freedom to control our bodies, a world where we are not divided, our past or present or future.”
“We’re all part of something much bigger. We must vote and we need you,” she mentioned. “Let’s do this. Ladies and gentlemen, give a big, loud Texas welcome to the next president of the United States, Kamala Harris.”
Throughout Harris’ speech, the vice chairman targeted on reproductive rights. “In America, freedom is not to be given. It is not to be bestowed. It is ours. By right. And that includes the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have the government telling her what to do,” Harris mentioned. She additionally famous that when Congress passes a invoice to revive reproductive freedom, she would signal it into regulation.
Earlier than Beyoncé spoke, Rowland advised the group, “We are writing a new American story … of kindness and hope.”
Knowles advised her native Houston crowd that “you showed up and you showed out,” earlier than quipping, “I’ve been so blessed in my life to have many careers, many Black jobs.”
Beyoncé’s look ends months of hypothesis about whether or not the singer would publicly endorse the Democratic occasion’s presidential nominee. For Harris’ marketing campaign, Beyoncé had reportedly granted approval to make use of her tune, “Freedom.” The tune, which champions Black ladies’s empowerment, has since develop into an anthem for Harris’ 2024 marketing campaign.
On the time of the Democratic Nationwide Conference, rumors circulated that Beyoncé would present up at one level in the course of the four-day occasion. Nevertheless, THR confirmed at the time that the singer by no means deliberate on attending.
“We never put out anything about Beyoncé. We denied it every time the media asked us — even though, by the way, people on my staff didn’t believe me,” Ricky Kirshner advised THR in August. “I kept getting texts from news organizations saying, ‘When is Beyoncé coming out?’ But come on, we have the biggest star, the Democratic nominee for president. Why would we overshadow that?”
Beyonce joins the myriad of stars who’ve rallied behind Harris all through this election. Tony Goldwyn, Mindy Kaling and Kerry Washington all made speeches at the DNC which additionally included performances by Pink, Stevie Marvel, John Legend and Patti LaBelle.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus moderated a daytime panel and Harris joined Oprah Winfrey for an interview with stars like Jennifer Lopez, Ben Stiller, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep nearly becoming a member of to induce individuals to vote. Taylor Swift additionally publicly endorsed Harris on social media.
