Pink Endorses Kamala Harris in Major Fundraising Appeal for White Women

Kamala Harris scores another Pennsylvania endorsement: Pink.

The Doylestown-born pop singer (born Alecia Moore) expressed her support for Harris’ presidential bid Thursday night during a massive fundraiser that brought together more than 160,000 women in a 90-minute Zoom conference that raised about $2 million.

“It’s not about which candidate is perfect,” she said. “It’s about which candidate is human and wants us all to remain human, which candidate inspires us to be better and which candidate inspires us to be worse.”

Organized by activist Shannon Watts and hosted by author Glennon Doyle, “White Women: Answer the Call“was a fundraiser via Zoom aimed at repeating the success of “Win with black womenA Zoom call a few days earlier raised $1.5 million.

“It’s our turn to show up,” Doyle said, promoting the conversation. Watts portrayed the Zoom call — which at one point crashed due to its popularity — as a meeting centered around accountability and how white women can “activate white women’s privilege, platform and power … to elect Kamala Harris.”

Celebrities joining the event included celebrity sports couple Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird, actress Connie Britton and poet and activist Andrea Gibson.

Pink appeared onstage via plane phone at 3 a.m. local time, just after performing in Stockholm, Sweden.

“I have never felt more awake and alive,” she said. “I haven’t written anything. I found out about it and I couldn’t NO participate.”

The singer spoke for about 10 minutes about her concerns about former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and right-wing initiatives that are hindering LGBTQ+ rights and diversity initiatives across the country.

“I watched the part of Trump’s speech where he said, ‘I’m not going to be nice anymore,’ and I thought, ‘Wait, was he nice before?’ Everyone [in the crowd] I cheered and thought, “I have a 7-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl and I don’t know what to say to them anymore,” the singer said. “If this is what we allow, this horrible nature that is in all of us to be glorified and chosen, then I don’t know what to do anymore.”

This isn’t the first time Pink has supported a Democratic candidate or progressive cause. She supported Hillary Clinton in 2016 and President Joe Biden in 2020, even swinging Biden-Harris T-shirt at one point. During the Zoom call, Pink called Biden “brave” for stepping down until the next election.

Last year, she also worked with PEN America to fight book bans, giving away 2,000 copies at her Florida shows, which was met with negative feedback.

“Hate should not win,” Pink said in an interview Thursday. “We have always made our voices heard, and now it’s time for them to be even louder.”

Other Pennsylvania stars who have so far endorsed Harris include Roots drummer Questlove and Abbott Elementary Schoolby Sheryl Lee Ralph.