Beyoncé has given Kamala Harris permission to use her song ‘Freedom’ during the Vice President’s presidential campaign, according to a CNN report.
Harris walked out to the song during her first official visit to her campaign headquarters yesterday evening in Delaware. Per CNN, Harris’ team got quick permission to use it from Beyoncé’s reps to use it throughout the campaign.
Beyoncé keeps close control over clearance around her music, but the approval suggests Harris has her backing in the race to compete with Donald Trump for the presidency, which broke out when President Joe Biden confirmed he would not be running for a second term.
CNN noted Beyoncé — full name Beyoncé Knowles-Carter — is yet to officially endorse Harris, but has backed several Democratic candidates in the past, notably singing the national anthem at President Obama’s second-term inauguration in 2013, and actively backing Hilary Clinton in her failed bid to beat Trump in 2016. Her mother, Tina Knowles, endorsed Harris over the weekend.
Neither Harris nor Beyoncé’s representatives could be contacted before press time.
Addressing supporters outside her campaign base yesterday for the first time since Biden announced he was exiting the White House, Harris used a 20-minute speech to ask, “What kind of country do we want to live in: A country of freedom, compassion, and rule of law, or a country of chaos, fear, and hate?”
The Vice President has galvanized the Party since confirming she would attempt to succeed Biden in the White House, though she is not the official candidate just yet. Hollywood donors have sent checks they were withholding from the President, whose candidacy was wrecked after a disastrous live debate with Trump snowballed into a deafening cacophony of demands for the 81-year-old leader to step down.
Biden announced he would not run “in the best interests” of the Democratic Party and endorsed Harris as the next President. He will remains as President until the next one is sworn in after November’s election.
Kamala Harris walking out to “Freedom” by Beyoncé at campaign headquarters. pic.twitter.com/3VeoGZgts2
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