Beyoncé will appear with Kamala Harris at a rally in Houston today, according to media reports.
Following Taylor Swift's endorsement of Harris and Tim Walz last month, Beyoncé will be the latest star to throw her weight behind the Democratic ticket ahead of this year's US presidential election on November 5. Other stars to have endorsed Harris are Julianne Moore, Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Cher, Marc Anthony, Lizzo and Neil Young, as well dozens of actors and performers.
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Today's rally will be held in Texas, a Republican stronghold, to highlight abortion rights and support Democratic Senate candidate Colin Allred, who trails Republican Ted Cruz in opinion polls.
Per the Washington Post, it is understood that Beyoncé will appear in her home city along with her mother, Tina Knowles, and 91-year-old country music giant Willie Nelson.
Beyoncé has a long history of endorsing Democratic presidential candidates. In 2016 she performed alongside her husband Jay-Z at a rally for Hillary Clinton.
She has also backed other Democratic candidates including former President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, President Joe Biden in 2020 and Beto O'Rourke when he was running for the Texas Senate seat in 2018.
The rally presents an opportunity for Beyoncé to give a live performance of 'Freedom', a song from her 2016 album Lemonade, which the vice-president has been using as walk-on music at rallies while making freedom a central theme of her campaign. Beyoncé performed 'Formation' at a rally for Democrat Hillary Clinton three days before the presidential election in 2016 and told the crowd: 'I want my daughter to grow up seeing a woman leading the country. That’s why I’m with her.'
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