Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign on Thursday released its first video since she became a 2024 presidential candidate just days ago. The video, titled “We Choose Freedom” and featuring the song “Freedom” by Beyonce is airing across all of the campaign’s social media platforms. 

“In this election, we each face a question,” Harris narrates to begin the video over images of the American flag and a city landscape. “What kind of country do we want to live in?”

What You Need To Know

  • Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign on Thursday released its first video since she became a 2024 presidential candidate just days ago
  • The video, titled “We Choose Freedom” and featuring the song “Freedom” by Beyonce is airing across all of the campaign’s social media platforms 
  • The message echoes one the vice president laid out during her first campaign rally on Tuesday in Milwaukee in battleground Wisconsin, where she framed the 2024 election that was reshaped seemingly instantly when President Joe Biden dropped out on Sunday as a fight for freedom 
  • The vice president also mentions she is running for a future where “no one is above the law,” a line she reads over a picture of Trump’s mug shot from his case in Georgia and newspaper headlines about his indictments and the guilty verdict in his New York hush money trial 

“There are some people who think we should be a country of chaos, of fear, of hate,” Harris’ narration continues over images of her 2024 Republican rival, former President Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick Sen. JD Vance. 

“But us? We choose something different,” it continues before the voiceover pauses to play the sound of a crowd chanting “Kamala” during a rally. “We choose freedom.” 

The message echoes one the vice president laid out during her first campaign rally on Tuesday in Milwaukee in battleground Wisconsin, where she framed the 2024 election that was reshaped seemingly instantly when President Joe Biden dropped out on Sunday as a fight for freedom. 

Harris walked off the stage at the Tuesday rally to Beyonce’s “Freedom” as well. 

The nearly one minute and 20 second video then goes on to list the issues the vice president is signaling she is putting at the forefront of her campaign, including gun violence, reproductive rights, child poverty and affordable health care. 

The vice president also mentions she is running for a future where “no one is above the law,” a line she reads over a picture of Trump’s mug shot from his case in Georgia and newspaper headlines about his indictments and the guilty verdict in his New York hush money trial.  

“We believe in the promise of America and we are ready to fight for it,” she says. 

In the days since Biden dropped his bid for a second term and endorsed Harris, his vice president, the Democratic party has coalesced swiftly around her candidacy. Harris this week already received enough support from delegates to win the party’s nomination, although it is not yet official.