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With just a week until the election, celebs are rallying around Kamala Harris in a last-minute wave of endorsements. Will people be swayed to vote blue because their favorite pop star is? I don’t know, but it’s nice to see them showing out. Here are the big names who have thrown their support behind the vice-president in the past week.
After the whole kerfuffle at the DNC, everyone wanted to know when Beyoncé would be endorsing Harris. We got our answer on Friday, ten days before the election, when the singer made an appearance at a rally in Houston alongside her mother, Tina Knowles, and Kelly Rowland.
“I’m not here as a celebrity, I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother,” Beyoncé told the crowd. “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.”
Bad Bunny reshares Kamala Harris video on Instagram outlining her policy to uplift Puerto Ricans. pic.twitter.com/9iwtPAQlP4
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 27, 2024
Much like Beyoncé, the Bad Bunny endorsement has been incredibly desirable for the Harris team throughout their campaign. Not only is he one of the most famous singers in the world (Spanish-speaking or otherwise), he’s certainly the most influential Puerto Rican celeb. The singer came through on Sunday, in the wake of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” at a Trump rally. On his Instagram Story, Bad Bunny shared a video of Harris speaking directly to Puerto Ricans.
Jennifer Lopez shared Kamala Harris’ plan for Puerto Rico on Instagram after a speaker at Trump’s rally called Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage.” pic.twitter.com/OeUZY7lnnm
— Jennifer Lopez Updates (@JLopezUpdate) October 28, 2024
J.Lo had already endorsed Harris, but following Hinchcliffe’s remarks, she doubled down. She shared the same video as Bad Bunny and tacked on an infographic that outlined the vice-president’s plan for Puerto Rico.
Obama rapping “Lose Yourself” kind of took the spotlight from Eminem giving his full-throated endorsement of Harris at a recent Detroit rally, so I’ll tell you what he said. “I’m encouraging everybody to get out and vote, please,” the rapper told his hometown crowd. “I also think that people shouldn’t be afraid to express their opinions, and I don’t think anyone wants an America where people are worried about retribution of what people will do if you make your opinion known. I think Vice-President Harris supports a future for this country where these freedoms and many others will be protected and upheld.”
Ariana Grande shares that she has voted early for Kamala Harris. pic.twitter.com/BKNittUta1
— Pop Base (@PopBase) October 27, 2024
A true type-A queen, Ariana Grande has already voted. On her Instagram Story, Grande announced that she had voted early and voted for Harris. Good for her — I imagine it would’ve been impossible to get to a voting booth amid all the Wicked press.
Celebrity endorsements are not just for the Pop Crave audience, but for your parents, too. Bruce Springsteen got onstage at a Georgia rally last week and told the audience, “I’m here today to support Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for president and vice-president of the United States, and to oppose Donald Trump and J.D. Vance.”
I can’t tell if Carrie would find this post corny or not. I know Miranda would.
Picture an enormous trench coat … no, bigger. That’s what Usher wore to support Harris at a rally in Atlanta last week. That’s to say nothing of his giant turtleneck.
Did you know that character-actress legend Christine Baranski is out knocking on doors to rally her fellow Polish Americans to vote for Harris? She even got a New York Times write up with the headline “Could Polish American Voters Swing the Election?” You can’t say she’s not doing her part!
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