Celebrities lend Harris star power as political honeymoon fades
By
Naomi Lim
September 19, 2024 6:00 am
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Vice President Kamala Harris is turning to A-list celebrities as she seeks to recapture the sense of Democratic enthusiasm that marked her early campaign for president.
Oprah Winfrey, who endorsed Harris during the Chicago convention, will join her on Thursday for a livestreamed event in the battleground state of Michigan as early voting gets underway in a handful of states.
“What is essential to me is getting people motivated to vote — and that’s my intention in hosting this event,” Winfrey said in a statement. “My goal is to get people excited about the privilege and power of the vote.”
Her event comes one week after pop icon Taylor Swift got under former President Donald Trump’s skin with her own endorsement of Harris and one day after singer Billie Eilish endorsed her, too.
“We are voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz because they are fighting to protect our reproductive freedom, our planet, and our democracy,” Eilish said in a video statement with her brother, Finneas O’Connell.
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