{"id":118564,"date":"2024-10-26T11:43:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T04:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118564"},"modified":"2024-10-26T11:43:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T04:43:57","slug":"harris-and-beyonce-ignite-a-houston-rally-with-a-double-barreled-argument-against-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118564","title":{"rendered":"Harris and Beyonc\u00e9 ignite a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 Kamala Harris and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/beyonce-knowles\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a><\/span> ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Donald Trump on Friday, with the superstar telling the Democratic nominee\u2019s biggest crowd ever that it was \u201ctime to sing a new song\u201d as Harris warned that her GOP opponent was dead set on further eroding women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n<p>The rally was set in reliably Republican Texas, to highlight the growing medical fallout from the state\u2019s strict abortion ban, but the message was intended to register in the political battleground states, where Harris is hoping that the aftereffects from <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-supreme-court-decision-854f60302f21c2c35129e58cf8d8a7b0\">the fall of Roe v. Wade<\/a><\/span> will spur voters to turn out to support her quest for the presidency. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor all the men and women in this room, and watching around the country, we need you,\u201d Beyonc\u00e9 said in a rare political appearance. The megastar\u2019s speech was lofty, joyful and optimistic \u2014 a temper to the seriousness of the topic and of the message Harris was there to bring. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here as a mother, a mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in,\u201d Beyonc\u00e9 said. \u201cA world where we have freedom to control our bodies, a world where we\u2019re not divided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris came out to huge cheers. She told the crowd that Trump had erased half a century of hard-fought progress when he appointed the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe and touched off a growing healthcare crisis. <\/p>\n<p>She listed off downstream effects she sees from various bans. Women who never intended to end a pregnancy are suffering devastating complications when they can\u2019t get care. They have fewer options, and fewer medical students are choosing to specialize in women\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor anyone watching from another state, if you think you are protected from Trump abortion bans because you live in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New York, California, or any state where voters or legislators have protected reproductive freedom, please know: No one is protected,\u201d Harris warned. \u201cBecause a Donald Trump national ban will outlaw abortion in every single state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll that to say, elections matter,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has been inconsistent in his message to voters on <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/abortion\">abortion and reproductive rights<\/a><\/span>, though he\u2019s said he\u2019d veto a national abortion ban. He has repeatedly shifted his stance and offered vague, contradictory and at times nonsensical answers to questions on an issue that has become <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-reproductive-rights-harris-trump-congress-bf0da946328ab06f122a99d696c04774\">a major vulnerability<\/a><\/span> for Republicans in this year\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was also in Texas Friday, where he predicted he\u2019d break records for the number of people deported from the United States if he wins the election. He taped a podcast with Joe Rogan before heading to a rally in Traverse City, Michigan, where he took the stage three hours late.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was joined at the rally by women who have nearly died from sepsis and other pregnancy complications because they were unable to get proper medical care. Some of them have already been out campaigning for Harris and others have told their harrowing tales in <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/harris-abortion-rights-democrats-texas-trump-f5b4a28874f6abcf2a9d5eeeeb0d6d37\">campaign ads that seek to show<\/a><\/span> how the issue has ballooned into something far bigger than the right to end an unwanted pregnancy. <\/p>\n<p>Since abortion was restricted in Texas, the state\u2019s <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapediatrics\/article-abstract\/2819785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infant death rate has increased<\/a><\/span>, more babies have died of birth defects and maternal mortality has risen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 Election Today's news: Follow live updates from the campaign trail from the AP. 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Learn more.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about the 2024 Election<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The crowd waited for hours, wearing flashing red, white and blue LED bracelets as \u201ctrust women\u201d and \u201cfreedom\u201d flashed on big screens between acts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes they forget about us because we\u2019re a Republican state,\u201d Rhonda Johnson, who has been living in Houston for 19 years, said. \u201cBut I\u2019m glad she\u2019s here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reproductive rights, the economy and LGBTQ issues were key reasons for Yannick Djomatchoua in his decision to support Harris and wait in the hours-long line to see her. \u201cIt\u2019s very personal,\u201d he said, adding that he knew friends who had to make difficult decisions due to the state\u2019s abortion restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019 campaign has taken on Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s 2016 track \u201cFreedom\u201d as its anthem, and the message dovetails with the vice president\u2019s emphasis on reproductive freedom. Beyonc\u00e9 was joined by her mother, Tina Knowles, and her former bandmate Kelly Rowland, who all spoke about Harris\u2019 historic candidacy and a dream of a more united nation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur voices sing a chorus of unity,\u201d Beyonc\u00e9 said. \u201cThey sing a song of dignity and opportunity \u2014 are y\u2019all ready?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris was also joined by country legend Willie Nelson, who sang some of his greatest hits, including \u201cOn the Road Again.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, how are y\u2019all doing?\u201d the 91-year-old Nelson asked the crowd. \u201cAre we ready to say Madam President?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Increasingly, in 14 states with strict abortion bans, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pregnancy-emergency-care-abortion-supreme-court-roe-9ce6c87c8fc653c840654de1ae5f7a1c\">women cannot get medical care until their condition has become life-threatening<\/a><\/span>. In some states, doctors <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-bans-exceptions-doctors-lawmakers-7cefca4a248076268c789ea05b367f1a\">can face criminal charges if they provide medical care<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats warn that a winnowing of rights and freedoms will only continue if Trump is elected. Republican lawmakers in <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-contraception-access-gop-protections-birth-control-d376b5c489298e3035f7f433fe579b1e\">states across the U.S. have been rejecting Democrats\u2019<\/a><\/span> efforts to protect or expand access to birth control, for example.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn America, freedom is not to be given. It is not to be bestowed. It is ours. By right. And that includes the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have the government telling her what to do,\u201d Harris said. <\/p>\n<p>There is some evidence to suggest that abortion rights may drive women to the polls as it did <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-inflation-health-religion-9c15e24b280fe9c65f4f0c3ab4febb2a\">during the 2022 midterm elections<\/a><\/span>. Voters <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-democracy-threats-republicans-ballot-initiatives-ohio-3d6e2f0d0f5993ddd75522b662d2eb34\">in seven states<\/a><\/span>, including some conservative ones, have either protected abortion rights or defeated attempts to restrict them in statewide votes over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>About <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-trump-biden-election-2024-dobbs-498d14f6e2bbfe1f313f006ad089de4e\">6 in 10<\/a><\/span> Americans think their state should generally allow a person to obtain a legal abortion if they don\u2019t want to be pregnant for any reason, according to a July poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats also hope Harris\u2019 visit will give a boost to Rep. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/allred-cruz-texas-senate-debate-9b8a5439c62752a536a9da334b7797b3\">Colin Allred<\/a><\/span>, who is making a longshot bid to unseat Republican Texas Sen. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ted-cruz\">Ted Cruz<\/a><\/span>. Allred said Friday that if you vote to overturn a woman\u2019s constitutional right, as Cruz did, then you should lose your job. <\/p>\n<p>Texas encapsulates the post-Roe landscape. Its strict abortion ban prohibits physicians from performing abortions once cardiac activity is detected, which can happen as early as six weeks or before. <\/p>\n<p>As a result, women are increasingly suffering worse medical care. That\u2019s in part because doctors cannot intervene unless a woman is facing a life-threatening condition, or to prevent \u201csubstantial impairment of major bodily function.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas\u2019 abortion bans unleashed by Donald Trump almost cost me my life and have left me with physical and emotional scars,\u201d said Ondrea Cummings, who lost her 16-week baby and nearly died from sepsis when she couldn\u2019t get care fast enough. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never thought I would have this type of personal experience. 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