At a rally in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, singer Alicia Keys joined the campaign trail in support of Vice President Kamala Harris, urging the audience to vote to safeguard women’s rights. Speaking to a crowd that included former First Lady Michelle Obama, Keys underscored the risk of losing hard-won rights if Harris’s opponent were to take office, as reported by Deadline.
Keys also shared highlights from the rally on her official Instagram account. Although she refrained from naming Donald Trump directly, she criticized the opposing platform, stating, “If you don’t vote for her, or you don’t vote at all, you’re voting for the chaos and the hate.” She warned that a failure to support Harris would result in “a cruel tomorrow for immigrants, people of color, women, girls, our children, and our planet,” according to Deadline.
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Keys expressed her vision for a more inclusive future, hoping her children would grow up seeing diverse leadership. “It’s crazy because too many people think women can’t lead just because they haven’t seen enough of it,” she shared. She pointed to the lack of female representation in leadership roles, noting that when children look at images of past presidents, “every single one is a man, one Black guy.” She argued this limited representation hinders the broader vision of future leadership.
Addressing the continued struggle for women’s reproductive rights, Keys remarked, “We had reproductive freedom, but not so much now, and that’s why we’re still fighting today.” She cautioned that complacency could lead to further setbacks, referencing the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade. As reported by Deadline, she posed a thought-provoking scenario about future leadership, questioning, “What makes us think that there couldn’t be a leader in place for the other side that would say, ‘Forget equal pay. Women don’t need it?’” She added, “This is not some dystopian Netflix show that I am talking about. This is like the platform the other side is running on. They want to turn back the clock.”
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The United States is now just a day away from the November 5 presidential election, with the race for the White House in a tight contest. Over 160 million voters are anticipated to cast their ballots, which could either bring back Republican former President Donald Trump (78) or elect America’s first female president, Vice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris (60).
With an estimated 75 million people having already voted, the polls show both candidates in a virtual tie, with neither yet holding a definitive lead in enough states to secure the 270 electoral votes needed. As of November 4, NBC News and Emerson College have projected a 49%-49% tie nationally. Ipsos has given Harris a slight edge at 49%-46%, while AtlasIntel has Trump ahead at 50%-48%.
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