{"id":2343217,"date":"2024-09-19T06:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T10:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrities-lend-harris-star-power-as-political-honeymoon-fades-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T06:22:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T10:22:36","slug":"celebrities-lend-harris-star-power-as-political-honeymoon-fades-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrities-lend-harris-star-power-as-political-honeymoon-fades-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrities lend Harris star power as political honeymoon fades &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcelebrities-lend-harris-star-power-as-political-honeymoon-fades-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2343217&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President Kamala Harris is leveraging celebrity endorsements to rekindle enthusiasm for her \u2064presidential campaign as\u200b she\u2062 faces declining momentum.\u200b She is set\u200b to \u2063host a livestream event with Oprah Winfrey aimed at\u2063 motivating voters for the upcoming election. This follows endorsements \u200dfrom notable \u200cfigures like Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish, who support Harris for her stance on reproductive rights, environmental protection, \u200band democracy. Despite initial excitement, Harris\u2019s campaign now grapples with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-hits-worst-approval-rating-in-nbc-poll\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s Approval Rating Plummets in NBC Poll\">internal party conflicts<\/a> and concerns\u2064 about voter\u2063 engagement,\u2064 particularly \u2064following\u2062 the Teamsters\u2062 union&#8217;s decision \u2064to \u200bwithhold its endorsement\u2063 in favor of Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>Harris has a lead in \u2062national\u2063 polls and some swing states, and her \u200bcampaign\u200c aides emphasize her recent debate performance \u200bas\u200d a key to maintaining momentum. \u200bHowever, the Trump campaign counters that Harris&#8217;s popularity is waning and that the public is recognizing \u200bher as a &#8220;dangerous liberal.&#8221; Democratic\u200d strategists assert that while maintaining campaign\u200c momentum is challenging, Harris has executed her strategy effectively without major gaffes.\u200c Events such \u2064as\u200c the one \u2064with Winfrey are seen as key\u200d opportunities for her to reach and engage voters directly, particularly in a digital\u200c landscape where many \u200dvoters consume media online.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Celebrities lend Harris star power as political honeymoon fades<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1758508\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a> is turning to A-list celebrities as she seeks to recapture the sense of Democratic enthusiasm that marked her early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\">campaign<\/a> for president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oprah-winfrey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Oprah Winfrey<\/a>, who endorsed Harris during the Chicago <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>convention<\/a>, will join her on Thursday for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/petty-tyrants-twitter-yanks-verification-from-jeopardy-champ-matt-amodio\/\" title=\"Petty Tyrants: Twitter Yanks Verification from &#039;Jeopardy!&#039; Champ Matt Amodio\">live-streamed event<\/a> in the battleground of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a> as early voting gets underway in a handful of states.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What is essential to me is getting people motivated to vote &ndash; and that&rsquo;s my intention in hosting this event,&rdquo;&nbsp;Winfrey said in a statement. &ldquo;My goal is to get people excited about the privilege and power of the vote.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Her event comes one week after pop icon Taylor Swift <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/donald-trump-says-i-hate-taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>got under Trump&rsquo;s skin<\/a> with her own endorsement of Harris, and one day after singer Billie Eilish endorsed her, too.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are voting for Kamala Harris and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Walz<\/a>, because they are fighting to protect our reproductive freedom, our planet, and our democracy,&rdquo; Eilish said in a video statement with her brother, Finneas O&rsquo;Connell.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrity culture has surrounded Harris&rsquo;s campaign from the very beginning. Singer-songwriter Charli XCX set off an internet sensation when she called Harris &ldquo;brat,&rdquo; the slang title of her new album, on the day she announced her run for president.<\/p>\n<p>A month later, Democrats leaned into the Hollywood support at a Chicago convention attended by stars ranging from Pink to John Legend.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was riding a moment of collective relief among Democrats, who feared President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> would cost them the election after his disastrous debate performance in June. Biden stepped aside a few weeks later so she could take his place.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the endorsements have grown in importance as the luster of Harris&rsquo;s candidacy has begun to fade.<\/p>\n<p>Her campaign is now beset by the same intraparty fight over Gaza that plagued Biden, while Harris has given Democrats fresh reasons to worry. On Wednesday, the Teamsters union withheld its endorsement, releasing a poll that found rank-and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teamsters-union-withholds-endorsement-despite-members-backing-trump\/\" title=\"Teamsters union withholds endorsement despite members backing Trump -\">-file members support<\/a> former President Donald Trump by an almost 2-to-1 margin.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has fundamentally reset the race. She&rsquo;s outpolling Trump nationally, with narrow leads in a number of swing states. But Democrats are simultaneously guarding against a drop in excitement and are hoping celebrity endorsements can keep voters engaged.<\/p>\n<p>Aides for Harris, who frequently cite her Philadelphia debate against Trump last week, dismiss the idea that Harris needs to rely on the star power of celebrities and instead underscore their importance to voters as trusted messengers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[This week&rsquo;s] stops will be the latest opportunity for the vice president to continue harnessing the momentum following her commanding debate win &mdash; and take her message of turning the page on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> to chart a new way forward directly to voters in battleground states,&rdquo; Harris campaign spokeswoman Lauren Hitt wrote in a memo. &ldquo;The events, such as the primetime livestream event with Oprah, also are high visibility opportunities to draw eyeballs even beyond the states where they&rsquo;re occurring.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Still, the Trump campaign has already declared Harris&rsquo;s political honeymoon over, arguing the public is &ldquo;waking up to the fact that she is a dangerous, liberal, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/safety-last-dem-senators-celebrate-infrastructure-bill-on-maskless-bus-ride\/\" title=\"SAFETY LAST: Dem Senators Celebrate Infrastructure Bill on Maskless Bus Ride\">failed vice president<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump received a bump in the post-debate polls and has the momentum in this race,&rdquo; Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Momentum is almost impossible to maintain over the course of an entire campaign, according to Democratic strategist Garry South, though, for South, Harris continues to have an advantage. She has maintained, and in some cases built on, her lead in post-debate polling.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was highly critical of her failed campaign for president in 2019-20, but I give her full credit in this one,&rdquo; South told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;She hasn&rsquo;t made any major mistake, her roll-out and execution have been flawless.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Republicans have criticized Harris for largely avoiding the national media since she announced her campaign, while she waited weeks before beginning to detail her policy agenda.<\/p>\n<p>But Harris has slowly begun to do both. On Tuesday, she held one of her first major sit-down interviews with national reporters when she met with the National Association of Black Journalists.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Harris has also benefited from this being an unusually short race, and Trump has been hurt by overexposure for more than nine years,&rdquo; South said.<\/p>\n<p>Another Democratic strategist, Christopher Hahn, a former staffer for Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chuck Schumer <\/a>(D-NY) and host of the <em>Aggressive Progressive<\/em> podcast, said that every campaign tries to generate momentum and Harris&rsquo;s is &ldquo;no different.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Colin Seeberger, a senior communications adviser at the Center for American Progress, called the Harris-Winfrey event a &ldquo;smart strategy&rdquo; because it provides a platform for the vice president to communicate &ldquo;directly to voters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;According to a recent NBC&nbsp;poll, 40% of the electorate describe themselves as primarily digital media consumers,&rdquo; Seeberger told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;By leveraging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 Trump Supporters in Washington DC\">social media accounts<\/a> of both Winfrey and the Harris campaign, the vice president&rsquo;s conversation will be able to reach millions of Americans who otherwise may be disinclined to follow traditional media coverage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The polling also shows these are exactly the voters both campaigns need to be focused on persuading,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>But the events also give Republicans an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3154823\/trump-tax-giveaways-harris-working-class-pitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>opening<\/a> to accuse Harris of cozying up with the elite. <\/p>\n<p>The event with Winfrey follows actor Matt Damon and Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda hosting a fundraiser for the vice president in New York on Wednesday night. Tickets for the dinner cost $25,000 per person, according to <em>Bloomberg<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Other celebrities, from actors Robert De Niro, Molly Ringwald, Tyler Ferguson, Tony Goldwyn, and Leslie Odom Jr. to singers Debbie Harry of Blondie and Michael Stipe of R.E.M., have hosted events for Harris this month alone, according to the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris also spoke during a campaign call with young people on Wednesday, alongside actress Chloe Grace Moretz and Democratic Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Your generation is killing it,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;You guys, you&rsquo;re brilliant, you care, you are impatient in every incredible, good way. You&rsquo;re not waiting for someone else to step up and lead. You are saying you&rsquo;re going to step up and get it done. And I mean isn&rsquo;t that the spirit of our country that makes us strong?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Harris-Winfrey event starts at 8 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1758508\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1758508\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrities Boost Harris&#8217;s Campaign as Initial Momentum Wanes<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris is enlisting the help of high-profile celebrities to reignite the Democratic enthusiasm that characterized her initial presidential campaign. Oprah Winfrey, who backed Harris at the Chicago convention, will participate in a live-streamed event with her on Thursday in Michigan, coinciding with early voting in several states. &#8220;My main goal is to inspire people to vote,&#8221; Winfrey stated. &#8220;I want to excite them about the privilege and power that comes with voting.&#8221; This event follows endorsements from pop star Taylor Swift and singer Billie Eilish, who emphasized their support for Harris due to her commitment to reproductive rights and democracy.<\/p>\n<p>From the outset, celebrity culture has played a significant role in Harris&#8217;s campaign. Charli XCX sparked online buzz by referring to Harris as &#8220;brat&#8221; on the day she announced her candidacy. The Chicago convention saw an array of stars rallying behind her, creating a moment of relief for Democrats concerned about President Joe Biden&#8217;s earlier debate performance.<\/p>\n<p>However, as enthusiasm begins to wane for Harris\u2019s candidacy amid internal party conflicts over issues like Gaza and recent concerns raised by unions such as Teamsters\u2014who found their members favoring Trump\u2014celebrity endorsements have become increasingly vital. Despite this dip in excitement, polls show that she is still outpacing Trump nationally and holds narrow leads in key swing states.<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019s team believes these celebrity events can maintain voter engagement while also serving as platforms for direct communication with constituents. Campaign spokeswoman Lauren Hitt noted that these appearances are opportunities for Harris to build on momentum following a strong debate performance against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign has declared an end to what they call Harris&#8217;s political honeymoon period, claiming voters are realizing she represents dangerous liberal policies. Nevertheless, some Democratic strategists argue that despite challenges ahead\u2014like maintaining momentum throughout the campaign\u2014Harris has not made significant missteps thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have pointed out that since announcing her candidacy, she has largely avoided national media but is gradually increasing her visibility through interviews and events aimed at younger voters alongside celebrities like Chloe Grace Moretz.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming event featuring Winfrey follows other high-profile fundraisers hosted by various celebrities this month\u2014all aimed at supporting Harris\u2019s campaign efforts during this crucial time leading up to elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2343218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Oprah-DNC.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5344,4021,5894,41204],"class_list":["post-2343217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-celebrities","tag-harris","tag-politics","tag-star-power"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Oprah-DNC.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}