Celebri­ties lend Har­ris star pow­er as polit­i­cal hon­ey­moon fades

Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris is turn­ing to A‑list celebri­ties as she seeks to recap­ture the sense of Demo­c­ra­t­ic enthu­si­asm that marked her ear­ly cam­paign for pres­i­dent.
Oprah Win­frey, who endorsed Har­ris dur­ing the Chica­go con­ven­tion, will join her on Thurs­day for a live-streamed event in the bat­tle­ground of Michi­gan as ear­ly vot­ing gets under­way in a hand­ful of states.
“What is essen­tial to me is get­ting peo­ple moti­vat­ed to vote – and that’s my inten­tion in host­ing this event,” Win­frey said in a state­ment. “My goal is to get peo­ple excit­ed about the priv­i­lege and pow­er of the vote.”
Her event comes one week after pop icon Tay­lor Swift got under Trump’s skin with her own endorse­ment of Har­ris, and one day after singer Bil­lie Eil­ish endorsed her, too.
“We are vot­ing for Kamala Har­ris and Tim Walz, because they a …