Cardi B to Kamala Harris: “You have shown me, my daughters and women across the country that anything is possible”
Cardi B took to social media to express her pride in Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign run, saying “you have shown me, my daughters and women across the country that anything is possible”.
Democratic candidate Kamala Harris lost the presidential election today (November 6) after Republican nominee Donald Trump earned 294 electoral college votes, beating out Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’ 223 electoral college votes (via BBC News).
Cardi B, who made a speech at Harris’ Wisconsin rally last Friday (November 1), commended the Vice President’s “strength” and “heart” in a social media post.
“To Vice President Kamala,” the post starts. “No matter what they’ve said to bring you down or belittle your run for presidency they can never say you didn’t run your race with honesty and with integrity!
“You really put up a fight against all the odds that were already stacked against you! You never accepted defeat as an option which says so much about your strength and about your heart. You really wanted better for all of us! This may not mean much but I am so proud of you! No one has ever made me change my mind and you did!
“I never thought I would see the day that a woman of color would be running for President of the United States, but you have shown me, showed my daughters and women across the country that anything is possible. Thank you for being an example, thank you for being empowered, thank you for being a real example of what the American dream should be!”
Back in July, Cardi reminded her fans that she had endorsed Kamala Harris long before Joe Biden withdrew from the race, saying at the time: “They should’ve passed the torch to Kamala. This was the perfect moment for her.”
Addressing the crowd at the Wisconsin rally, the rapper drew similarities between herself and Harris, saying she had been an “underdog” throughout her career too. “I’ve been underestimated. My success belittled and discredited,” she said. “Women have to work 10 times harder, perform 10 times better, and still, people question us how we got to the top.”
On Sunday (November 3) Cardi B hit back at Elon Musk after he called her a “puppet” for endorsing Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming US election. Following her speech, Musk took to Twitter/X to criticise her, posting: “Another puppet who can’t even talk without being fed the words. The Kamala campaign has no authenticity or true empathy.”
The rapper then took to Twitter/X herself to clap back at Musk, saying “I’m not a puppet Elon.. I’m a daughter of two immigrant parents that had to work their ass off to provide for me!
“I’m a product of welfare, I’m a product of section 8 [the Housing Choice Voucher Program], I’m a product of poverty and I’m a product of what happens when the system is set up against you….But you don’t know nothing about that,” she continued.
She went on to say: “You don’t know not one thing about the American struggle…. PS fix my algorithm.”
Last night (November 5), the rapper shared and then swiftly deleted a video message she had posted addressing Donald Trump‘s lead in swing states during the election.
In the clip, Cardi – who was using a face-distorting filter – said: “This is why some of y’all States be getting hurricanes. That’s all I’m going to say.”
The clip was then promptly deleted within minutes of its original posted time at 8:42pm PT (4:41am GMT). Though she didn’t specifically call out voters from states that were affected by the natural disasters this year, Variety reported that shortly before her X/Twitter post, the Associated Press had “called races in Florida, Louisiana, Texas and North Carolina in favour of Donald Trump.”
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Aneesa Ahmed
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