Jennifer Lopez to give star-studded boost to Harris campaign rally in Las Vegas
Jennifer Lopez is getting loud for Vice President Harris's White House bid, appearing at a campaign rally in battleground state Nevada this week.
The singer and "Unstoppable" star will speak at the Las Vegas "When We Vote We Win" event on Thursday, the Harris campaign announced Tuesday. Mexican music group Maná will also perform.
The 55-year-old singer is expected to deliver remarks focused on "the importance of voting, what's at stake for the country with this election and why she is endorsing" Harris, the campaign said. The pre-Election Day rally is timed to take place on the last day of early voting in the Silver State.
Lopez, whose parents are Puerto Rican, performed at President Biden's inauguration in 2021, reciting part of the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish.
Earlier this week, she voiced support for Harris's campaign to her 250 million Instagram followers after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made inflammatory jokes about Puerto Rico at a New York City rally for former President Trump, comparing the U.S. territory to a "floating island of garbage."
Lopez is the latest in a superstar-filled push for Harris in the final days of the presidential race. In recent days, several famous names have hit the campaign trail for the vice president, including Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Spike Lee and others.
Harris's camp defended tapping the entertainers as surrogates, saying in a Tuesday statement that the high-profile figures serve as "trusted voices for millions of Americans, who listen to their music, follow them on social media, or otherwise are inspired by them."
The vice president's campaign said that it believed "that by using their voices to lay out the stakes of this election, it will further encourage and mobilize people to go vote."