09/20/2024

Harris’ Event with Oprah Winfrey Prompts Cheers and Tears

The emotional event was star-studded and engaging

A star-studded online rally designed to showcase the enthusiasm and energy behind Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign turned somber as host Oprah Winfrey introduced the mother of a woman who died after waiting for health care in a state that has banned most abortions.

"You're looking at a mother that is broken," said Shanette Williams, whose daughter, Amber Thurman, died in what was deemed a "preventable" death stemming from Georgia’s abortion restrictions. "The worst pain ever that a mother, that a parent, could ever feel, for her father and myself and the family — you're looking at it."

Several people in the live audience were wiping their eyes by the time Thurman's family members, including two sisters, finished speaking. The emotional moment prompted Harris to deliver some of her most forceful lines of the event — which over nearly 100 minutes turned the vice president's campaign into a modern-day version of Winfrey's popular daytime talk show.

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