Last Updated on 10/09/2024 by Arun jain
Coming soon to a livestream near you: Oprah Winfrey.
The television host and producing powerhouse will hold a virtual rally next week to support the vice president Kamala Harris‘ presidential bid, according to a press release.
Winfrey will headline “Unite for America,” billed by organizers as a “call to action” for pro-Harris grassroots groups. To produce the event, she is partnering with Win With Black Women, as well as more than 140 other organizations, including Cat Ladies for Kamala, Swifties for Harris and White dudes for Harris.
Around 400 individual voters will also attend the event, which will be presented on platforms including YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Twitch and Instagram.
The Harris campaign has had significant success with virtual programming, hosting giant, hour-long Zoom calls that have resulted in millions of dollars in donations. More than 44,000 people attended Win with Black Women Early July callWhile 190,000 people flocked to White Dudes for Harris’ event that same month.
“I can think of no one better to host this event than Oprah Winfrey, who has brought together different generations, backgrounds and experiences in conversation for decades,” Win With Black Women founder Jotaka Eddy said in the release.
Winfrey made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention last month to endorse Harris in her first-ever convention speech.
“Let us choose truth, let us choose honor, let us choose joy,” Winfrey told the roaring audience. “Because it’s America’s best.”
The 70-year-old also inadvertently became a viral star A woman in the crowd To whom the camera cut after she made a reference to “Childless cat ladies,” a phrase infamously dropped by the Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance Earlier this summer.
Although she has historically been silent on political matters, Winfrey offered her support to Presidents Joe Biden and Harris in 2020 and helped campaign for former President Barack Obama in 2008. that It wasn’t necessary.)
Winfrey herself was not quoted in Monday’s release. Over the weekend, she joined friend and fellow Montecito resident Meghan Markle “A light filled eveningAt the opening of an independent bookstore in Santa Barbara.
“United for America” will stream On 19 September.
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