Donald Trump took a moment out of his most recent rally to throw shade at Beyoncé after she attended an event for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Former President and Republican Presidential candidate Trump, 78, was on stage in Traverse City, Michigan on Friday when he spoke about his opponents in the election race.
First referring to current President Joe Biden, 81, Trump said: ‘Joe Biden is asleep,’ before turning his attention towards Vice President Harris and Beyoncé.
‘Kamala Harris is at a dance party with Beyoncé,’ he said in a mocking tone of voice, donning a black baseball cap with the words ‘Make America Great Again’ emblazoned on the front.
Parts of the crowd booed loudly at the immediate mention of Harris’ name, with the 2024 Presidential election just 12 days away.
Harris, 60, meanwhile, spoke in front of an estimated 30,000 people in Houston, Texas, with the Single Ladies hitmaker, 43, also taking the stand.
While Beyoncé didn’t perform a song, as she did in 2016 as part of Hillary Clinton’s campaign, she had prepared a speech of her own.
‘I’m not here as a celebrity; I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother,’ she began, claiming that a Republican government would reduce women’s rights.
She continued: ‘A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in, a world where we have the freedom to control our bodies, a world where we’re not divided.
‘Imagine our daughters growing up seeing what’s possible with no ceilings, no limitations. We must vote, and we need you.’
The rally taking place in Houston was crucial to the message of Beyoncé’s speech, with the state imposing a strict ban on abortion in September 2021, almost a year before Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Harris came to the stage after Beyoncé and warned voters that abortion rights in several states could be under threat in the near future.
‘For 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.’
Beyoncé, who introduced Harris as ‘the next President of the United States’, was also joined on stage by her former Destiny’s Child bandmate Kelly Rowland.
Before speaking in the Crazy In Love singer’s home city of Houston on Friday, Harris has been using Beyoncé’s song Freedom as part of her campaign since first playing it in July.
The Cuff It singer is said to have permitted Harris to use the song, which also features fellow US rapper Kendrick Lamar and a spoken-word piece from politician Hattie White.
US polling guru Nate Silver has said his ‘gut’ tells him that former President Trump will win the election in November.
‘I inevitably get a question, “C’mon, Nate, what’s your gut say?”’ he wrote in a guest essay published by The New York Times on Wednesday this week.
‘So OK, I’ll tell you. My gut says Donald Trump.’