‘I am here as a mother’

“I’m not here as a celebrity, I’m not here as a politician. I am here as a mother,” Beyonce said at a meeting in Houston for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign Friday evening. “A mother who cares deeply about the world in which my children and all our children live, a world in which we have the freedom to control our bodies, a world in which we are not divided.”

“Imagine our daughters growing up and seeing what is possible, with no ceilings and no limitations,” she continued. “We need to vote, and we need you.”

At the end, Beyoncé — who was joined on stage by her Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly Rowland — introduced Harris with, “Ladies and gentlemen, please give a big, loud Texas welcome to the next President of the United States, Vice President Kamala Harris. ”

She did not perform – unlike in 2016, when she performed during a presidential campaign rally for Hilary Clinton in Cleveland.

Houston is Beyoncé’s hometown, and Harris’ presidential campaign is adapted from Beyonce’s 2016 song “Freedom,” an excerpt from her 2016 landmark album, ‘Lemonade’, as a national anthem.

Harris used the song for the first time in July during her first official public appearance as a presidential candidate at her campaign headquarters in Delaware. That same month, Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, publicly endorsed Harris for president.

Beyoncé gave Harris permission to use the song, a campaign official granted anonymity to discuss private campaign operations confirmed to The Associated Press.

In the second half of “Lemonade,” “Freedom” samples two field recordings by John and Alan Lomax, which document Jim Crow-era folk spirituals from Southern black churches and the work songs of black prisoners from 1959 and 1948, respectively. It also features Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar.

Kinitra D. Brooks, an academic and author of “The Lemonade Reader,” says the song “Freedom” is so important because it shows that freedom is not free. The freedom to be yourself, the political freedom… it’s the idea that you have to fight for freedom, and that it can be won.”

The Harris Rally in Houston Featured the dangerous medical consequences of the state strict abortion ban and place the blame squarely on their shoulders Donald Trump.

Since abortion was restricted in Texas, so has the state the infant mortality rate has increasedMore babies have died from birth defects and maternal mortality has risen.