Kamala Harris’s support among women holds strong — including from those in the limelight.
Since announcing her candidacy to run for president this summer, Harris has garnered support from numerous celebrity women, including Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Lizzo, who have used their platform to pledge their loyalty to Harris while emphasizing the importance of voting in November.
Most recently, Beyoncé joined a Houston rally on Friday with fellow friend and singer Kelly Rowland, giving remarks about the importance of voting for Harris. The worldwide superstar and Houston native attended the event not as a celebrity or a politician, she said, but “as a mother” who cares deeply about the “world my children and all of our children live in.”
“Imagine our daughters growing up seeing what’s possible with no [glass] ceilings, no limitations,” Beyoncé said. Women of the past made sacrifices so individuals today can witness the “strength of a woman standing in her power,” she added.
Rowland also echoed these sentiments, emphasizing how women’s reproductive freedoms are at stake in the election.
“We are grabbing back the pen from those who are trying to write an American story that would deny the right for women to make our own decisions about our bodies,” she said.
Grammy-winning singer Lizzo also recently endorsed Harris, venturing last Saturday to her hometown of Detroit for a rally. During her speech, the singer clapped back to Trump’s recent comments saying how the U.S. “will end up being like Detroit” if Harris becomes president.
“This is the same Detroit that innovated the auto industry and the music industry,” Lizzo said. “So put some respect on Detroit’s name.
“If you ask me if America’s ready for its first woman president, I only got one thing to say,” the singer added. “‘It’s about damn time!’”
In similar fashion, singer and actor Jennifer Lopez also responded sharply to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” at Trump’s rally in New York over the weekend. Lopez, who is of Puerto Rican descent, reshared several posts on her Instagram story of Harris’ plans to rebuild the country, which includes strengthening its economy, expanding access to clean energy and expanding citizens’ access to federal benefit programs.
Earlier this month, Washington joined fellow actors Jessica Alba and Glenn Close this month at a rally in Arizona, telling voters how they have the power to make change through voting. Close, who played Cruella de Vil in Disney’s 1996 film “101 Dalmatians,” added humor to the event, asking the audience “what Cruella would do when we win in November?” in which she follows up by performing the villain’s iconic laugh.
Alba, who is of Mexican heritage, emphasized the importance of helping not just one person get ahead, but collectively helping all people prosper.
“I believe that the promise and the dream that all of our ancestors believed in — which is why we’re all here — that we can be really their fully realized dream,” Alba said to the crowd.
During Washington’s speech, she discussed how slaves were property and didn’t have autonomy over their own bodies.
“When we start to let them [the government] legislate what we can and cannot do with our bodies, I want you to think about what can be next,” said Washington, who frequently shares posts about her support for the vice present — even sometimes using the hashtag #HottiesforHarris. In another post, Washington mouthed a voice-over standing with Chrissy Teigen and John Legend about “changing people’s lives” while pointing to life-size cut-outs of Harris and her running mate Tim Walz.
Actors aren’t the only stars pledging their support to Harris. Following the presidential debate last month, Swift made a lengthy post on Instagram explaining she’s voting for Harris because she “fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” she said in the post, adding that Harris is a “gifted leader.”
Eilish also endorsed Harris last month via Instagram, stating that her and Walz “are fighting to protect our reproductive freedom, our planet and our democracy,” they said in a video. “We can’t let extremists control our lives, our freedoms and our future.”
Despite the immense support, not all celebrity women are backing Harris. A model, entrepreneur and mother of two, media personality Amber Rose spoke at the Republican National Convention in July, saying that “the best chance we have to give our babies a better life is to elect Donald Trump president of the United States.”
Other women to show their support for Trump includes Brittany Mahomes, Roseanne Barr and rapper Azelia Banks, who said last year she will be voting for Trump and appeared at one of his Florida rallies.
As reproductive restrictions remain a top concern among women, many stars, like Eilish and others supporting Harris, know that the future is in their hands and that they can’t let extremists control it. “Vote like your life depends on it, because it does,” Eilish said.
This post originally published Oct. 8th, 2024 and has been updated.
