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Beyonce, Kelly Rowland Introduce Kamala Harris at Houston Rally | TMZ Live
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10/28/2024
Beyonce brought the house down Friday night in Houston, with a HUGE assist from her former bandmate Kelly Rowland, as they introduced Kamala Harris in front of a crowd that went wild.
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We told you. We told you Beyonce was coming out for Kamala Harris.
00:03
We're just a little early.
00:04
We're just a little early on the trigger, that's all.
00:07
But yes, at long last, Beyonce did show up at a Kamala Harris rally in Houston.
00:15
Makes sense, in her hometown.
00:16
But she was there, as you saw Kelly Rowland also there.
00:19
And this was Beyonce, who really, even though she has been clearly supporting Kamala Harris all along,
00:26
her music has been the intro.
00:29
Freedom has been the theme for the whole campaign.
00:32
Right, but she finally stepped to the mic and had this to say about the candidate she's backing.
00:38
H-Town, we are so happy to be standing here on this stage as proud country, Texas women,
00:52
supporting and celebrating the one and only Vice President Kamala Harris.
01:01
A woman who's been pushing for what this country really needs right now, unity.
01:07
It's impossible not to feel the energy in this room, the positivity, the community, the humanity.
01:17
So Beyonce was strong, but she had an opening act.
01:21
And I was watching this live, and I was flabbergasted when I saw Kelly Rowland.
01:30
You never thought of her as this sort of an orator.
01:33
I mean, again, forget politics for a minute.
01:37
Just somebody who is a stirring orator?
01:41
I have not seen many people like Kelly.
01:44
I'm telling you, you should watch.
01:47
We're going to play a little bit, but you should watch the whole thing.
01:49
The whole thing, yeah.
01:50
It is unbelievable.
01:52
This is a little bit of how she brought that house down.
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We are grabbing back the pen from those who are trying to write an American story
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that would deny the right for women to make our own decisions about our bodies.
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Houston, we are grabbing back the pen.
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When I was a little girl and I pledged allegiance to the United States of America,
02:24
that meant something to me.
02:26
That flag meant something to me.
02:29
And today, that means grabbing that pen and casting my vote, as I already did two days ago,
02:35
for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
02:38
I mean, you just got to see the whole thing.
02:41
That's what they call taking them to church.
02:43
Yes.
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That's what she did.
02:46
And I'm telling you, when you watch the whole thing, again, if we can, just forget politics.
02:53
It was just so stirring when you just watch her style.
02:59
I mean, it was just, I was unprepared for this.
03:03
It was pretty amazing.
03:05
And again, remember, she went before Beyonce, and I thought there was a little bit more,
03:10
and this is not a knock on Beyonce, there was a little more substance,
03:13
or at least how it was delivered, more power with what Kelly said.
03:18
Interestingly, when Beyonce went up there, you couldn't hear most of what she was saying
03:22
because everybody was screaming so loudly for her.
03:25
It seemed like people were, were people not bummed that there was no performance, though?
03:29
I don't think they were even expecting it.
03:31
No, they did say there were some reports.
03:33
We didn't say that.
03:34
That wasn't us.
03:35
That wasn't us.
03:36
That wasn't us.
03:37
But there were reports she was going to…
03:38
See, we told you guys.
03:40
Told you.
03:42
Anyway, but it was, I'll tell you.
03:45
The problem is, and you know, she did fine, but you've got to follow that.
03:50
Right.
03:51
You know, when the candidate comes out.
03:52
The candidate comes out, and again, this is obviously a very friendly audience for her,
04:00
and I don't think anyone thinks that Kamala Harris is going to win the state of Texas,
04:06
but Democrats have been chipping away in Texas, and I think that's why you do this rally there, right?
04:11
Well, they did it for two reasons.
04:13
One was because the Senate race with Ted Cruz is hotly contested and very close,
04:17
and they wanted to turn that because the Senate could write on that election.
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And the second thing is they want to land reproductive rights in a big way,
04:28
and Texas has very restrictive laws.
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And by the way, Michelle Obama did that the next day in a really rousing speech as well.
04:39
So I've got to say Kamala Harris is bringing out the big guns.
04:42
Hey, this is Ty from New Jersey.
04:44
So I think it's amazing that she was able to get them to support her, to show up at the rallies.
04:50
She's going to generate a lot of votes.
04:52
It's going to be big.
04:53
I don't think they're going to win Texas.
04:54
However, I think it's great that she got the support of them,
04:57
and it's going to be great for her quest in becoming the president.
05:02
We shall see how much it does.
05:04
I mean, the other side of this is everyone says, well, you're not moving the needle
05:08
because that's your base you're preaching to, and the same thing can be said at Donald Trump's rallies.
05:15
You know, I haven't talked about this yet, but you and I have talked about this privately.
05:19
There was a plan to do a huge performance in Washington, D.C. shortly before the election.
05:28
It certainly looks now like that's not going to happen based on what we're hearing,
05:32
but it was a plan where the dream was Taylor Swift and a bunch of other huge stars,
05:39
and it never materialized, but that was something right around the time of the convention that was being worked on.
05:48
It's just they couldn't land it.
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