Beyoncé joined Kamala Harris on the campaign trail Friday night (October 25), appearing at the vice president's rally in Houston, Texas, to formally endorse her for president. Bey and Kelly Rowland took the stage together on the heels of Tina Knowles before Beyoncé gave an endorsement. “We are at the precipice of an enormous shift.
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,” the star said.
“We’re all part of something much bigger. We must vote and we need you. Let’s do this.
Ladies and gentlemen, give a big, loud Texas welcome to the next president of the United States, Kamala Harris.” Beyoncé is obviously a Houston native, and her support of Harris is pretty major considering her social reach and massive platform. The Harris campaign has been using Bey's song "Freedom" as background music during events for months, which many fans assumed was an implicit endorsement from the singer—but tonight made things more official.
Harris—who discussed Texas' almost total abortion ban on Friday—has made reproductive rights a central part of her platform. Last week, she took aim at Donald Trump for his comments about , writing on Instagram, "Donald Trump says he is 'proudly the person responsible' for overturning . Proud that women are dying? Pro.
