Kamala Harris heads to Texas as Beyonce joins campaign

Kamala Harris headed to Texas connected Friday to present what her run bills arsenic a major code connected termination rights — and Queen Bey is yet joining her run successful person.

The Democratic statesmanlike campaigner is taking a uncommon detour extracurricular of the battleground states to denounce the draconian termination ban successful the Republican-run Lone Star State.

“More than immoderate different state, the nightmare playing retired successful Texas for women is emblematic of the harm Donald Trump’s termination bans person caused crossed the nation,” the Harris run said successful a connection previewing her speech.

With little than 2 week to spell earlier Election Day, Harris volition besides get a large boost from Beyoncé, who is getting disconnected the sidelines to perform astatine the rally successful the popular superstar’s hometown of Houston.

The 32-time Grammy victor volition look along with state euphony fable Willie Nelson, different Texas native, 3 run sources told the Associated Press.

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine a Turning Point Action run rally, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, successful Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Harris has utilized the Beyoncé anthem “Freedom” arsenic her walk-on euphony astatine rallies since launching her run successful July, but Friday’s rally volition beryllium their first associated appearance connected the trail.

Former President Trump is besides jetting into the Lone Star State for an quality connected the fashionable podcast hosted by Joe Rogan. He plans to clasp a property league astatine the Austin airdrome arsenic well.

The candidates’ same-day detour to Texas exemplify successful stark presumption the divergent approaches of their campaigns successful the location agelong starring up to Election Day connected Nov. 5.

Harris, who is starring by a wide borderline with women voters, is stressing reproductive rights and is portraying herself arsenic the can-do person of a big-tent coalition including independents and adjacent mean Republicans.

She touted endorsements from ex-Rep. Fred Upton, a GOP moderate, and the politician of Waukesha, Wisconsin, a Milwaukee suburb that was erstwhile a Republican stronghold but has shifted distant from the enactment successful the property of Trump.

Trump, who boasts a large pb among men, is pushing to excite his basal of supporters to vote, particularly achromatic men without a assemblage degree.

He’s going connected the Joe Rogan Experience to scope the estimated 15 cardinal predominantly antheral followers of the big known arsenic the oracle of bro culture. 

Although Rogan has mostly taken right-wing stands successful the past, helium has praised Harris and criticized Trump astatine times during the campaign.

Both campaigns besides program to spotlight the choky U.S. Senate contention betwixt incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz and challenger Rep. Colin Allred.

With aboriginal voting underway and much than 2.5 cardinal votes already cast successful the state, polls amusement Cruz with only a constrictive lead adjacent arsenic Trump maintains a much comfy borderline successful the authorities that awards 40 electoral votes.

The end-of-the-week stops successful Texas travel aft Thursday nighttime battleground rallies for some candidates.

Harris was acceptable to talk successful Atlanta for a rally along with erstwhile President Barack Obama, their archetypal quality unneurotic connected the 2024 run trail.

Bruce Springsteen will perform on with different stars similar filmmaker Spike Lee, Tyler Perry and histrion Samuel L. Jackson.

Trump planned to pitchy to the southwest to code rallies Thursday nighttime successful Arizona and Nevada, 2 different tightly matched battleground states.

The run is present entering the location agelong and nearly 30 cardinal radical person already voted early from seashore to coast.

Polls accidental the race remains a axenic flip up with Harris clinging to a pb successful the Rust Belt bluish partition states that she apt needs to triumph and Trump somewhat up successful immoderate Sun Belt plaything states.