Bruce Springsteen, performing for the first time for Kamala Harris‘ presidential campaign, said that Donald Trump “is running to be an American tyrant.” “He does not understand this country, its history, or what it means to be deeply American,” Springsteen told the crowd at James R.
Hallford Stadium near Atlanta. Springsteen had just made the case for voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. He said, “I want a president who reveres the Constitution, who does not threaten but wants to protect and guide our great democracy, who believes in the rule of law and the peaceful transfer of power, who will fight for a woman’s right to choose, and who wants to create a middle class economy that will serve all our citizens.
There is only one candidate in this election who holds those principles.” During his set, Springsteen performed The Promised Land, Land of Hope and Dreams and Dancing in the Dark.
Springsteen endorsed Harris in a video posted to Instagram earlier this month. Harris was to be joined by former President Barack Obama at the rally, in their first appearance together since she launched her presidential campaign.
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