In a rare political speech, Beyoncé endorses Kamala Harris at a Houston rally
19thnews.org
“It’s time for America to sing a new song,” the singer said. “Are y’all ready to add your voice to the new American song?”
  • Qkall@lemmy.ml
    1054·
    26 days ago

    Maybe I’m a cynic, but this feels like strange timing given some of the Diddy allegations and how Jay and bae might be implicated… I hope they’re not associated with the Diddy shit as this could very well backfire…

    edit - lol, okay. I suppose I didn’t clarify well enough - I was specifically speaking about Jay and Bae - like I was more curious if this wasn’t a publicity stunt. The backfiring comment was directed towards them - like it could make people curious ‘why now?’ type of thing…

    • modifier@lemmy.ca
      61·
      26 days ago

      Concern-trolling aside, you accidentally make a good point about inequity of expectations for the two candidates.

      Being associated with a pedophile rapist should be disqualifying for anyone running for president.

      Trump has a known association with a pedophile rapist and is indeed himself an adjudicated rapist, meanwhile I winced hard reading at the end of this article that Beyonce has previously gifted Kamala tickets to see her back in 2023.

      There isn’t actually anything wrong with that, but the bar for impropiety for Harris is so low it’s a constant tripping hazard, while impropiety is just accepted as a burned in part of Trump’s big businessman personality.

      Its fucking insane and I appreciate you inadvertently highlighting it.

      • troybot [he/him]@midwest.social
        17·
        26 days ago

        Yeah Kamala did something potentially inappropriate once so we better put her under the microscope. Meanwhile Trump literally got people killed on January 6 but that’s just what he does so no big deal I guess.

        • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
          2·
          26 days ago

          Januar 6? It literally just came to light that he said he wants generals like Hitler’s. As a German myself, I can’t express how utterly fucked up this it coming from a presidential candidate for the US.