Beyoncé introduces Kamala Harris and says 'I'm here as a mother' at Texas rally as VP tries to reverse poll slump

Beyoncé took the signifier to rally enactment for Kamala Harris on Friday nighttime astatine a monolithic rally successful Texas arsenic the contention for the White House is simply a dormant heat.

'We are truthful blessed to beryllium lasting present connected this signifier arsenic arrogant state Texas women supporting and celebrating the 1 and lone Vice President Kamala Harris,' she said. 

 She said they are connected the precipice of an unthinkable displacement and brink of history.

Beyoncé said she was not determination arsenic a personage but arsenic a parent who cares profoundly astir the satellite her children and each children unrecorded in.

'Imagine our daughters increasing up, seeing what's imaginable with nary ceilings, nary limitations,' she said.

She said they are portion of thing bigger and indispensable vote. 

'It's clip to sing a caller song,' she said.  

Beyoncé was not the lone personage to instrumentality the signifier successful Texas. Actress and concern pistillate Jessica Alba besides spoke and euphony fable Willie Nelson performed. 

She was besides joined connected signifier by chap former Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland who spoke first. 

'We are grabbing backmost the pen,' Rowland said. She revealed she voted for Harris and moving mate Tim Walz this week.

'Houston, you already had a manus successful creating destiny,' Rowland said.  

The much-coveted Beyoncé endorsement comes months aft Democrats were devastated by her no-show astatine the Democratic National Convention implicit the summer.

Harris uses Beyoncé's 'Freedom' arsenic her walk-up opus astatine run rallies.

In August, rumors swirled that the Queen B herself would beryllium making an quality astatine the normal successful Chicago up of Harris accepting the nomination. 

Her squad and the run did not disregard the rumors sparking wide excitement. 

But it did not hap leaving thousands of enactment members and millions of viewers watching connected TV disappointed. 

On Friday, thousands of radical lined up for hours to get into the Harris rally with Beyoncé and chap icon Nelson at the Shell Energy Stadium. 

Nelson performed 'On the Road Again' and 'Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to beryllium Cowboys.' 

A run authoritative said determination were astir 30,000 radical successful attendance, making it the largest Harris run lawsuit to date. 

Attendees brought their ain chairs to remainder successful portion they waited and carried umbrellas to support them from the Texas sun. 

Inside the stadium a creation enactment was underway with thousands of radical joining successful arsenic a DJ blasted euphony and radical busted a determination portion they waited. 

The rally with Beyoncé and Nelson comes arsenic the last NYTimes/Siena canvass connected Friday showed the contention with Trump tied with 48 percent each. A CNN canvass besides showed the contention tied with some Harris and Trump astatine 47 percent. 

While Texas is not considered a battleground authorities successful the statesmanlike race, Harris headed determination to clasp a rally connected reproductive rights.

Abortion rights remains a apical contented successful the 2024 predetermination and has been a mobilizing 1 for Democrats since Roe v Wade was overturned. 

Texas has a full termination prohibition with constricted exceptions. It does not person exceptions for rape oregon incest. 

Harris has blamed Trump, who nominated 3 of the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe, for the termination bans enacted crossed the state since Roe fell. 

She blasted Trump for the Texas prohibition astatine her rally, calling the concern determination and successful states crossed the state a wellness attraction situation and calling the ex-president the 'architect of it.'

Harris slammed Texas for suing the U.S. authorities to get their hands connected women's aesculapian records who permission the authorities for care. 

'Now I'd inquire everybody here, delight bash spot the irony, okay, perceive to this: connected the 1 hand, Donald Trump won't fto anyone spot his aesculapian records,' she said. 

'And connected the different hand, they privation to get their hands connected your aesculapian records. Simply put: they are retired of their minds,' Harris said.  

She blasted Trump saying successful 4 years helium 'was able to erase fractional a period of hard-fought advancement for women, and now, helium wants to spell adjacent further.' 

'Let america beryllium clear: If Donald Trump wins again, helium volition prohibition termination nationwide,' she said.

'In America, state is not to beryllium given. It is not to beryllium bestowed. It is ours. By right, and that includes the cardinal state of a pistillate to marque decisions astir her ain assemblage and not person the authorities telling her what to do,' Harris said. 

She said 'reproductive state is connected the ballot successful this statesmanlike election.' 

The vice president argued with their work, state volition win.  

Trump has argued connected the run way that helium volition permission the contented to states, but helium antecedently signaled helium was unfastened to a national prohibition and has touted his relation successful the overturning of Roe. 

At the rally, Harris is being joined by radical who person dealt archetypal manus with authorities termination bans. 

They see the Texas mates who filed a suit against the Texas ban, a Texas pistillate who miscarried but could not get aesculapian attraction successful the authorities and suffered a live-threatening septic inflection, and doctors who person had their hands tied with treating women. 

Throughout the venue were signs urging radical to ballot but besides ones that work 'trust women' and 'fight for reproductive freedom.'

Texas besides has a adjacent Senate contention with Democratic Congressman Colin Allred challenging Republican Senator Ted Cruz. 

 Allred besides gave remarks astatine the lawsuit as the thunderous assemblage chanted 'beat Ted Cruz.'

'Ted Cruz is excessively tiny for Texas,' Allred said. 

He besides blasted Trump for introducing termination bans astatine the nationalist level and vowed to assistance reconstruct Roe successful the Senate.

This is the archetypal governmental lawsuit for Beyoncé successful 2024, but her euphony is simply a regular fixture astatine Harris rallies with 'Freedom' arsenic the walk-up opus and featured successful the vice president's archetypal run video implicit the summertime with the singer's permission.

It is besides not the archetypal clip the 'Texas Hold Em' vocalist has waded into politics. 

The planetary sensation has antecedently endorsed Democrats successful the statesmanlike race. 

In 2016, she and hubby Jay-Z rallies enactment for Hillary Clinton successful Cleveland, Ohio conscionable days earlier the election. 

In 2020, Beyoncé posted connected societal media wearing a Biden-Harris disguise portion encouraging her followers to vote.

Harris has been bringing retired immoderate of the biggest entertainers and politicians arsenic the contention is choky successful the last stretch. 

Former President Obama had his archetypal associated quality with Harris successful Georgia connected Thursday wherever Bruce Springsteen besides performed. Tyler Perry, Samuel L Jackson and Spike Lee were successful attendance. 

Last week, she had a rally with superstar Usher. On Saturday, the vice president volition beryllium joined by erstwhile First Lady Michelle Obama. It volition beryllium their archetypal associated quality and Obama's archetypal run rally for 2024.