Appearing on stage alongside her Destiny’s Child co-star Kelly Rowland, the Grammy-winning diva introduced Harris to more than 20,000 enthusiastic supporters in Beyonce’s hometown of Houston, the Texas metropolis.

Beyonce called on voters to attend the demonstration and said, “It’s time for America to sing a new song.”

Although the superstar didn’t pull any punches, her presence drew even more attention to Harris’ rally, which focused on abortion restrictions in Republican-led states.

Beyoncé said she was there not as a celebrity but as “a mother who cares deeply about the world… a world where we have the freedom to control our bodies.”

Texas is not one of a handful of battleground states expected to decide the presidential election or where the Democrat and his opponent would normally campaign at home.

But Harris is counting on her star-studded show, which includes 91-year-old country legend Willie Nelson, to keep abortion at the forefront of voters’ minds in the final days of the campaign.

“We are 11 days away from an election that will determine the future of America, including the freedom for every woman to decide about her own body,” Harris said.

– Podcast delays rally –

While Harris was in Houston, Trump was in Austin, taping a three-hour interview with “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the most popular podcast in the United States.

The friendly discussion revolved around a variety of topics, including UFOs and secret files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, but rarely delved into policy details and avoided the issue of abortion altogether, according to a video of the conversation released Friday evening.

Rogan did not say he supported Trump and even expressed his hope that Harris would also visit.

But the former president encouraged the comedian to follow in billionaire Elon Musk’s footsteps and publicly support him.

“You can’t vote for Kamala. Kamala. You are not a Kamala person,” Trump said.

Trump’s subsequent rally in battleground Michigan was delayed several hours due to taping, and many attendees left before the president arrived.

Harris and Trump clashed early Friday over accusations that the Republican former president is running as a “fascist.”

The two sides clashed over allegations by Trump’s longest-serving White House chief of staff, echoed by Harris, that Trump was a “fascist” who could never again be trusted with power.

Republican leaders in Congress attacked her for that characterization in a statement saying they had been briefed on “ongoing and persistent” threats against Trump, accusing Harris of encouraging “another assassin” after she survived an assassination attempt on her in July . .

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Half the country agrees with Harris that Trump is a fascist, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll of registered voters, and Harris responded with an impromptu news conference.

“The truth is that some of those closest to Donald Trump when he was president…were very clear about the danger and threats he posed to America and the fact that he was unfit to serve.” Harris said.

“The American people deserve to hear this and know this, so they can make a decision.”

In Austin, Trump described the United States as a “garbage bin for the world” for the second time this week, the latest in a string of incendiary comments about immigration.

According to polls, the race is in full contention. The New York Times/Siena College poll released Friday showed Trump and Harris with 48 percent of the vote.

Both candidates have sought to broaden their support by eschewing newspapers and major TV networks in favor of podcasts and YouTube shows consumed by determined young voters who can make a difference.

Trump hopes to impress Rogan’s huge following. “The Joe Rogan Experience” became the world’s most listened to podcast on streaming giant Spotify in 2023 and has 17.5 million subscribers on YouTube.

Harris is leaning on the abortion issue to help sell the message that Trump is a threat to Americans’ freedoms.

“What’s happening in Texas, in this state and in our country is a health crisis, and the architect of it is Donald Trump,” Harris said, describing the pain of several women who had to travel out of state for emergency medical care.

“Please know that if Trump has a national abortion ban, no one is protected.”

The presidential elections in November will be the first to be held after the US Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning nationwide protections for abortion.