The American Superstar Beyonce will give its support to the candidacy of the vice president of the United States, Kamala Harrisduring a campaign event in Houston (Texas) just over a week before the US presidential electionsas confirmed this Thursday by local media.
Since becoming the Democratic presidential candidate, Harris has used the song as her campaign anthem. Freedom (freedom), by Houston-born Beyoncé, and It is expected that he will sing it this Friday on stage.
Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowlesalready appears as one of the figures confirmed for the rallyalongside country music icon Willie Nelson.
The artist authorized the use of the song for the campaign of the vice president at the end of July and, since then, the Democratic candidate has used it to mark the beginning and end of her events.
Freedom is part of Lemonadean album that broke ground when it was presented in 2016 due to the combination of audiovisual narrative styles, with songs in which it explores autobiographical themes.
The lyrics, which wink at the song Wade in the Wateran anthem of resistance by people who were enslaved in the United States, talks about freedom and, in particular, what that word means to African Americans.
Beyoncé’s support for the campaign would come after a streak of support of renowned artists to the partyamong them, the singer Taylor Swiftthe rapper Eminemthe artist Bruce Springsteenthe actor Samuel L. Jackson and the film director Spike Lee.
Although Texas is not considered a swing state, Democrats have decided to invest time and money in the region in the last month.
The party has the hopes to take advantage of Democratic candidate Colin Allred’s lead in the tight race to take the seat from Republican Senator Ted Cruz and to demonstrate that they can end the political control that the Republicans have over the state.
In the surveys, Harris has scored below trump in texaswith an average of 46% support compared to 5% for former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump (2017-2021), according to data from the survey aggregator FiveThirtyEight.
