At final Harris rally, Oprah warns a Trump presidency could end voting rights

 

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Shortly before Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage on the "Rocky Steps" of the Philadelphia Art Museum at her final rally before Election Day, billionaire Oprah Winfrey declared her fear a Donald Trump presidency could curtail Americans' right to vote.

Winfrey was introduced by Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff around 11 PM ET on Monday, and brought to the dais with her 10 first-time voters who have or will be casting a ballot for Harris, including MLS Philadelphia Union forward Eddy Davis III.

Winfrey recounted hiking on a recent Sunday and meeting a woman who said she would "sit this [election] out."

"So I said, ‘sit this one out’. We don't get to sit this one out. -- If we don't show up tomorrow, it is entirely possible that we will not have the opportunity to ever cast a ballot again."

"And let me be very clear, if you do not make sure that the people in your life can get to the polls, that is a mistake."

Winfrey added that supporting Harris is a vote to protect and defend the Constitution.

She also quoted from former President John F. Kennedy's "ask not what you can do for your country" address, adding "what you can do for every young woman who has died because she was not eligible to receive the emergency medical care she desperately needed because of the abortion ban – and what you can do for yourself and what you can do for everyone and everything you cherish, is vote."