Singer Beyonce took the stage at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Houston on Friday night. The superstar offered her first public political appearance this election cycle at a crucial moment for the Democratic presidential candidate. - REUTER
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00:00SUPERSTAR BEYONCĂ OFFICIALLY ENDORSED VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN
00:06HOUSTON, TEXAS.
00:07ACCOMPANIED BY FORMER DESTINY'S CHILD MEMBER KELLY ROLAND, THE HOUSTON-BORN BEYONCĂ WALKED
00:12ON STAGE IN FRONT OF A CROWD OF SOME 30,000 ATTENDING HARRIS' ABORTION RIGHTS-THEMED
00:17RALLY.
00:18I'm not here as a celebrity.
00:19I'm not here as a politician.
00:20I'm here as a mother.
00:21A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in.
00:34BEYONCĂ'S FIRST POLITICAL APPEARANCE THIS ELECTION CYCLE COMES AT A CRUCIAL TIME FOR
00:39HARRIS.
00:40NATIONAL OPINION POLLS SHOW HER SUMMERTIME LEAD OVER REPUBLICAN OPPONENT DONALD TRUMP
00:45IN THE RACE FOR THE NOVEMBER 5TH ELECTION HAS ALL BUT EVAPORATED.
00:49HOWEVER, HARRIS HAS PICKED UP A CONSIDERABLE ADVANTAGE OVER TRUMP WITH WOMEN, WHO MOST
00:54POLLS AND SURVEYS SHOW MAKE UP MUCH OF BEYONCĂ'S AUDIENCE.
00:58BUT A COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSOR AT PACE UNIVERSITY TOLD REUTERS THAT WHILE BEYONCĂ IS ONE OF
01:03THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY'S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN, CELEBRITIES ARE NOT GUARANTORS OF POLITICAL
01:07VICTORY FOR CANDIDATES.
01:10HARRIS HAS HAD HOLLYWOOD ENDORSEMENTS FROM ACTORS JULIA ROBERTS AND JANE FONDA, AND MUSICIANS
01:15BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, USHER AND LIZZO.
01:18TRUMP HAS WON THE ENDORSEMENT OF WRESTLER HULK HOGAN AND MUSICIANS TED NUGENT AND KID
01:23ROCK.