Oprah Winfrey delivered a passionate endorsement for Harris to a roaring audience, urging voters to “choose joy.”
“Let us choose truth,” she said. “Let us choose honor, and let us choose joy!”
Winfrey, whose endorsement of former President Barack Obama in the 2008 election dramatically shook up the Democratic primaries, highlighted Harris’ upbringing, saying Americans would soon be teaching children about how the daughter of immigrants “grew up to become the 47th president of the United States.”
“That is the best of America,” she said as the audience cheered and chanted “USA!”
Winfrey shared that she has seen racism, sexism and income inequality in her travels across the country but argued that “we are not so different from our neighbors,” bringing up an anecdote about people wanting to save a neighbor if their house is on fire — despite any differences.
“And if the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, well, we try to get that cat out, too,” she said, referring to Vance’s derisive comments about Harris, Buttigieg and other U.S. officials without biological children.
“We are beyond ridiculous tweets and lies and foolery,” she said.
Winfrey also said she is a proud independent.
“I’m calling on all you independents and all you undecideds,” Winfrey said. “You know this is true. You know I’m telling you the truth, that values and character matter most of all, in leadership and in life.”
She called for voters to choose “common sense over nonsense”
