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On the night before Election Day, Kamala Harris brings in the celebrities. Donald Trump is not impressed
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On the night before Election Day, Kamala Harris brings in the celebrities. Donald Trump is not impressed

On the night before Election Day, at campaign events across the country, celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga and Jon Bon Jovi turned out in force for Kamala Harris ‘the presidential offer.

The battleground state of Pennsylvania was particularly star-studded: in Pittsburgh, the Vice President’s rally featured Cedric the Entertainer, Katy Perry and Andrew’s Day. In Philadelphia, the finale of Harris’ one-day run through Pennsylvania, performers and presenters included DJ Cassidy, Fat Joe and Ricky Martin, while Gaga sang a soulful “God Bless America” ​​and Winfrey brought first time voters.

Republican Donald Trump was decidedly unimpressed by Harris’ list of celebrities.

At his own rally in Pittsburgh, which overlapped with Harris’ event in the city, the former president criticized Harris for endorsing one celebrity in particular: Beyoncé. He spoke disparagingly of Beyoncé’s appearance at a Harris with Harris rally in Houston last month, drawing boos for the megastar from his supporters.

“Beyoncé would come. Everyone is expecting a few songs. There were no songs. There was no happiness,” Trump said.

Beyoncé didn’t perform at the event, but she was joined on stage by her Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly Rowland and gave a joyous and cheer-filled speech.

Beyoncé previously allowed the Harris campaign to take over her 2016 track “Freedom”, a cut from her landmark 2016 album Lemonade, as his anthem.

Trump added that Harris should have learned a lesson from Hillary Clinton and had Beyoncé speak after her, saying, “That’s how people stay.”

In 2016, Beyoncé performed at a campaign event for Democratic candidate Clinton in Cleveland in the days leading up to the election.

“They booed like hell, but the press didn’t play it,” Trump continued in describing Beyoncé’s appearance at the Harris event.

He insisted his campaign did not need celebrities to pack in the crowds, adding: “We don’t need a star because we have politics. We have a great policy.”

At another point in the same rally, however, he enthused: “So many celebrities here, it’s unbelievable: Mike Pompeo, please stand up,” introducing his former secretary of state.

Trump was also joined by Megyn Kelly and baseball star Roberto Clemente’s son.

Harris lined up performers to speak and sing at campaign rallies in all seven battleground states on Monday and combined them all into one Democratic live stream.

In Las Vegas, performers included Christina Aguilera and the electro-dance duo Sofi Tukker. In Raleigh, North Carolina, Sugarland, the country music duo of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush took the stage.

In Detroit, performers included Jon Bon Jovi, who sang a quiet acoustic version of his band’s working-class anthem “Livin’ on a Prayer.”

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