On the night before Election Day, at campaign events across the country, celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga and Jon Bon Jovi turned out in force for ' presidential bid.
The battleground state of Pennsylvania was particularly starry: In Pittsburgh, the vice president's rally featured Cedric the Entertainer, and Andra Day. In Philadelphia, the finale of Harris' daylong dash across Pennsylvania, performers and presenters included DJ Cassidy, Fat Joe and Ricky Martin, while Gaga sang a soulful 鈥淕od Bless America鈥� and Winfrey brought first-time voters to the stage.
Republican was decidedly unimpressed with Harris' celebrity lineup.
At his own rally in Pittsburgh, which overlapped with Harris' event in the city, the former president criticized Harris for one celebrity endorsement in particular: Beyonc茅. He spoke dismissively about Beyonc茅鈥檚 appearance at drawing boos for the megastar from his supporters.
"Beyonc茅 would come in. Everyone鈥檚 expecting a couple of songs. There were no songs. There was no happiness,鈥� Trump said.
Beyonc茅 did not perform at the event but was joined onstage by her Destiny鈥檚 Child bandmate Kelly Rowland, and gave a joyful, impassioned speech met with cheers.
Previously, Beyonc茅 allowed the Harris campaign to take on a cut from her as its anthem.
Trump added that Harris should have learned a lesson from Hillary Clinton and had Beyonc茅 speak after her, saying, 鈥淭hat way the people stay.鈥�
In 2016, Beyonc茅 performed at a campaign event for Democratic nominee Clinton in Cleveland in the days leading up to the election.
鈥淭hey booed like hell, but the press didn鈥檛 play that,鈥� Trump continued in his description of Beyonc茅's appearance at the Harris event.
He insisted his campaign doesn't need celebrities to pack in a crowd, adding: "We don鈥檛 need a star because we have policy. We have great policy.鈥�
At another point in the same rally, though, he enthused: "So many celebrities here, it鈥檚 incredible: Mike Pompeo, please stand up,鈥� introducing his former secretary of state.
Trump also was joined by Megyn Kelly and baseball star Roberto Clemente鈥檚 son.
Harris lined up performers to speak and play at campaign rallies in all seven battleground states on Monday, and melded them all into one Democratic get-out-the-vote livestream.
In Las Vegas, performers included Christina Aguilera and In Raleigh, North Carolina, Sugarland, the country music duo of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, took the stage.
In Detroit, performers included Jon Bon Jovi, who sang a quiet acoustic version of his band's working-class anthem 鈥淟ivin' on a Prayer.鈥�
Maria Sherman, Jill Colvin, Darlene Superville And Jonathan J. Cooper, The Associated Press
