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Vice President Kamala Harris released her first official campaign visuals, July 25, using none other than Beyoncé’s “Freedom” as the score to the rousing clip.
According to a CNN source, Vice President Harris got “approval from Beyoncé’s representatives to use the song throughout her presidential campaign.”
“Freedom,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, was a powerful anthem on Beyoncé’s 2016 magnum opus Lemonade. VP Harris also walked out to the statement-making track when she visited her HQ for the first time. Since her use of the “Freedom,” the empowering track has seen a 1,300% jump in streams, Rolling Stone reports.
“In this election, we each face a question: What kind of country do we want to live in? There are some people who think we should be a country of chaos, of fear, of hate. But us? We choose something different. We choose freedom,” Harris says narrating the cinematic clip.
While Beyoncé hasn’t officially come out and endorsed VP Harris, her mother Tina Knowles was one of the first celebrities to lend her support to the presidential nominee. Mama Tina took to Instagram to share an image with Ms. Harris with the caption, “New, Youthful, Sharp , , energy !!!! You asked for it and our President Biden did what was best for the country ! Putting personal Ego , power and fame aside. That is the definition of a great leader. Thank you, President Biden for your service and your leadership. Go Vice President Kamala Harris for President. Let’s Go ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #kamala2024.”
Vice President Kamala Harris Calls Out Donald Trump
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VP Harris recently called out GOP nominee Donald Trump for “backpedaling.” During a news segment, VP Harris said, “I have agreed to the previously agreed upon Sept. 10 debate. He agreed to that previously, now, here he is backpedaling, and I’m ready, and I think the voters deserve to see the split screen that exists in this race on a debate stage, and so I’m ready. Let’s go.”
Trump claims he wants to debate Harris but didn’t take kindly to the idea of it being on ABC. “I have at least equal say, and I don’t like the idea of ABC,” Trump told reporters on a press call, the Hill reported. “I would be willing to do more than one debate, actually.”
He added, “I agreed to a debate with Joe Biden. But I want to debate her,” he said. “They have the same policies. I think debating is important for a presidential race.”
VP Harris has been closing the margin between her and GOP nominee Trump in the polls. “Mr. Trump leads Ms. Harris 48% to 46% among registered voters,” according to the New York Times.
Ms. Harris has been making history since Biden announced he was exiting the race. She also became the first vice president to appear on RuPaul’s Drag Race.
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