Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday urged voters to pray alongside her days after she belittled religious protesters at one of her rallies and slammed religious exemptions for abortion.
Ms. Harris appeared on gospel singer Erica Campbell’s radio show, where she sought to play up her appeal to religious voters. The vice president talked about how faith shaped her career and life.
Ms. Harris, who is Baptist and raised by a Hindu mother, concluded the interview by offering a prayer and calling upon listeners to join her.
“I would ask you to join me in a prayer for the nation, for bringing us together, for people having a sense of hope and optimism and to remind us all that our faith teaches us to believe in things that we may not yet see, but what we know is possible and what we know is right and good, and that would be the prayer I’d ask you to join me in,” Ms. Harris said.
Ms. Campbell said she would ask all her “prayer warriors” to join in and “pray for the next president of the United States.”
The prayer was Ms. Harris’ latest effort to court voters, especially Black voters, by making campaign stops at churches and religious podcasts.
Ms. Harris’ call for prayer comes a week after she mocked two pro-life protesters as being “at the wrong rally” when they said “Jesus is Lord” and “Christ is King” at a campaign stop in Wisconsin. --->READ MORE HERE
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Kamala Harris courts Black churchgoers after telling Christian protesters they're 'at the wrong rally,' skipping Catholic charity dinner
Vice President Harris made campaign stops at Black churches in Georgia over the weekend, days after sparking controversy among Christian Americans by telling protesters praising Jesus "you're at the wrong rally."
Harris celebrated her 60th birthday at two Black churches outside of Atlanta on Sunday as part of a nationwide push – known as "Souls to the Polls" – to encourage Black voters to participate in early voting.
After the congregation at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, sang "Happy Birthday" to her, Harris made a veiled dig at her opponent, former President Trump, while speaking about her faith.
"In this moment, across our nation, what we do see are some who try to deepen division among us, spread hate, sow fear and cause chaos," Harris told Black churchgoers. "There are those who suggest that the measure of the strength of a leader is based on who you beat down instead of what we know, which is the true measure of the strength of a leader, is based on who you lift up."
Harris was later serenaded by Stevie Wonder at Divine Faith Ministries International in Jonesboro, Georgia, where the Democratic nominee referenced the parable of the good Samaritan a second time.
"There is so much at stake right now," Harris said, attempting to contrast herself against Trump two weeks from Election Day. "We understand that for us to do good works, it means to do it in the spirit of understanding that our strength is not based on who we beat down as someone tries to suggest…."
"Our strength is based on who we lift up, and that spirit is very much at stake in these next 16 days, which is are we a country that honors through our faith and our deeds the importance of kindness – of support, of understanding the dignity in each other and the respect that we should have for each other." --->READ MORE HEREFollow link below to a relevant story:
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