US Election: ‘Let’s choose Joy’ – Oprah Winfrey tells voters
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United States talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, has called on independent voters to vote for ‘joy’.
Winfrey made the call when she appeared at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday.
The talk show host in an electrifying address to the US political party convention said, “We are so fired up we can’t wait to leave here and do something.”
Making her speech a day after former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle addressed the Democratic National Convention, Winfrey added, “And what we’re going to do is elect Kamala Harris as the next president of the United States. And let us choose joy!
“Let us choose common sense over nonsense,” said the 70-year-old television personality to applause from the thousands of attendees at the United Center in Chicago — home of her globally acclaimed morning talk show.
“America is an ongoing project that requires commitment… and every once in a while it requires standing up to life’s bullies.”
“So I’m calling on all you independents and all you undecided. You know this is true. You know I’m telling you the truth, that values and character matter most of all.”
Winfrey recounted her experiences witnessing racism, sexism and income inequality in the United States, adding that she had at times been on the receiving end.
She took a jibe at remarks by Republican Donald Trump’s vice-presidential pick, J.D. Vance, who singled out Harris when he called Democrats a “bunch of childless cat ladies with miserable lives”.
Harris has two stepchildren and the comments have sparked accusations that father-of-three Vance represents a backward Republican mindset.
“When a house is on fire, we don’t ask about the homeowner’s race or religion… We just try to do the best we can to save them. And if the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, well, we try to get that cat out too,” Winfrey said.
Harris is due to give her speech when she accepts the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday.
