Beyonce endorses Harris for president at Texas rally ‘not as a celebrity… but as a mother’

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Music superstar Beyonce joined Kamala Harris onstage at a campaign rally in Houston, Texas, telling the crowds of adoring fans she was there not as a celebrity, but “as a mother.” The “Freedom” singer was joined by her former Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly Rowland as she entered the Shell Energy Stadium on Friday, to screams and cheers from supporters. We are at the precipice of an incredible shift, the brink of history.” Beyoncé and Kamala Harris embrace during the rally She continued: “I’m not here as a celebrity. Imagine our daughters growing up, seeing what’s possible with no ceilings, no limitations.” Beyonce’s mother, Tina Knowles, speaks at the Kamala Harris rally Beyonce’s appearance in Houston comes around seven months after Harris cheered on the singer’s new album, Cowboy Carter, saying she had "redefined a genre and reclaimed country music’s Black roots.” “Freedom,” from Beyonce’s 2016 hit album Lemonade, has become the anthem of the Harris campaign since its inception. Beyonce was joined by her former Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly Rowland at the Shell Energy Stadium on Friday, to screams and cheers from supporters “It’s time to sing a new song, a song that began 248 years ago.