Janelle Monáe Details Her Kamala Harris Support To BOSSIP

An impassioned artist and activist is completely stressing to BOSSIP the significance of catapulting the Vice President of the USA to Commander in Chief.

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Because the November 5 election date approaches, Janelle Monáe is voicing her robust help for Kamala Harris within the 2024 presidential race.

For Monáe, a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ group who identifies as queer and non-binary, Kamala’s dedication to defending the rights of marginalized teams makes her the evident possibility for the presidency, notably in distinction to “racist, fascist” Donald Trump.

“I care about freedom,” Monáe informed Managing Editor Dani Canada. “I care about my freedom, I care about your freedom, I care about Black and brown individuals. I’m Black. I care in regards to the LGBTQIA+ group. I’m queer, I’m non-binary. I grew as much as working-class dad and mom,” she defined. “I care about poor Black and brown individuals, I care about my freedom of speech, I care about my reproductive rights. I care about yours, I care about them… I care about humanity.”

Monáe additionally voiced deep issues over the drastic contrasts between Trump’s and Harris’s visions for the nation, particularly relating to reproductive rights and healthcare. She pointed to Trump’s Undertaking 2025, which might devastate reproductive freedom, and cited the late Amber Thurman as a tragic testomony of precisely that.

“He’s coming, and has already come for our reproductive rights,” stated Monáe referencing Trump’s requires a nationwide abortion ban. “It pains my coronary heart after I take into consideration Amber Thurman, the Black lady who handed away in Georgia as a result of she couldn’t get the care she wanted as a result of medical doctors had been too scared.”

Monáe additionally didn’t maintain again her criticism of Trump’s stance on LGBTQIA+ rights, denouncing his anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and dangerous insurance policies.

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In line with Monáe the distinction between the flagrant felon and Kamala Harris couldn’t be clearer.

“He’s coming for LGBTQIA+ rights and protections, attacking our communities left and proper, our trans siblings left and proper,” she stated earlier than condemning his current marketing campaign adverts that mock Harris’s help for gender inclusivity, calling them “hateful.” “We’ve a proper to exist on this nation and and Donald Trump is a predator. He’s unhinged, he’s a dictator, he’s unstable. And, I’m not gonna enable him to regulate this nation and make us stay in concern.”

“We can’t afford to have a rustic run by somebody who’s about themselves,” she added.”He’s a hateful particular person and he desires the remainder of the world to exhibit that habits and that’s harmful. Kamala is about ‘we,’ the place Trump is about ‘me.’ That’s the clear distinction.”

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That clear distinction additionally consists of Harris’s help for each reproductive rights and protections for LGBTQIA+ people, which Monaé emphasised represents Harris’ imaginative and prescient for freedom and equality for all.

“Kamala and Tim [Walz] need to be sure that we’re protected, prohibiting any discrimination based mostly on sexual orientation and gender id,” Monáe defined. “They need to defend our reproductive rights, restoring protections for Roe v. Wade so that girls in each state can have entry to the care they want and deserve.”

They need to defend our voting rights, they need to defend financial justice, and guarantee no cops get immunity for killing us. They’re murdering us.”

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As she continued, Monáe confused her hope for a future that prioritizes collective rights and fairness.

“I hope they know that I care about your rights simply as a lot as I care about my rights,” she informed BOSSIP. “After I take into consideration insurance policies, we need to be sure that they mirror us, defend us, and get much more progressive. I take into consideration all of the attorneys, civil servants, and what I name ‘our angels’ writing up these insurance policies. Someone is writing insurance policies to guard my rights as an LGBTQIA+ particular person, and in case you’re listening, yours too.”

Monáe spoke in regards to the threats posed to civil rights by a Trump-led administration, expressing issues shared by associates on the ACLU.

“They’ve informed me, ‘My job will not be going to be straightforward if Donald Trump is in workplace, each decade of us preventing for y’all, it’s going to be erased. We can’t enable a racist, fascist man to erase our freedom.”

In her last message, Monáe left no room for doubt about why Kamala Harris should be elected.

“I’m with Kamala as a result of she’s about us. I’m not going to permit [Trump] to regulate this nation and make us stay in concern. I need to stay in freedom.”