“I’m neither a star nor am I a politician. “I’m here as a mother,” Beyoncé stated during a campaign rally for Kamala Harris.
“A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in, a world where we have the freedom to control our bodies, a world where we’re not divided,” she said during a Houston rally Friday night.
“Imagine our daughters growing up seeing what’s possible with no ceilings, no limitations,” she said. We must vote, and we need you.”
Finally, Beyoncé, joined onstage by her Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly Rowland, presented Harris. “Ladies and gentlemen, please give a big, loud, Texas welcome to the next president of the United States, Vice President Kamala Harris,” she told the crowd.
She did not perform like she did in 2016 at Hilary Clinton’s presidential campaign rally in Cleveland.
Beyoncé Endorses Kamala Harris In Joyful Speech At Houston Rally: ‘I’m Here As A Mother’
Houston is Beyoncé’s hometown, and Harris’ presidential campaign has chosen “Freedom,” a single from her groundbreaking 2016 album Lemonade, as its theme song.
Harris performed the song in July, during her first official public appearance as a presidential contender at her campaign headquarters in Delaware. That same month, Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles publicly supported Harris for president.
Beyoncé permitted Harris to use the song, according to a campaign staffer who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss internal campaign procedures.
“Freedom” appears in the second part of “Lemonade” and samples two John and Alan Lomax field recordings. The recordings depict Jim Crow-era folk spirituals of Southern Black churches and work songs of Black convicts from 1959 and 1948, respectively. The film also features Kendrick Lamar, the Pulitzer Prize winner.
Beyoncé Endorses Kamala Harris In Joyful Speech At Houston Rally: ‘I’m Here As A Mother’
According to Kinitra D. Brooks, an academic and author of “The Lemonade Reader,” the song “‘Freedom” is significant because it demonstrates that freedom is not free. The freedom to be yourself, the political freedom… it’s the belief that you must struggle for freedom and that it is attainable.”
Since abortion restrictions were imposed in Texas, the state’s infant death rate has climbed, more babies have died from birth abnormalities, and maternal mortality has risen.
SOURCE | AP
