Bruce Springsteen supports Kamala Harris for president

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Music superstar Bruce Springsteen supports Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz in the US presidential election.

In a video posted to his official Instagram on Thursday, Springsteen said he supported Harris in the election, calling it “one of the most consequential elections in our country's history.”

“Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are committed to a vision of this country that respects and includes everyone, regardless of class, religion, race, political views or sexual identity,” the Grammy winner also said in the clip. “This is the vision of America that I have consistently written about for 55 years.”

Other big names in the music world who have publicly supported Harris include Taylor Swift, Carole King and Chappell Roan.

Springsteen, a Democratic Party donor who lent his voice to an ad for Joe Biden's 2020 campaign, has been critical of former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, in the past. In 2017, he was featured on a protest anthem by Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers called “That's What Makes Us Great.” He also co-hosted a podcast with former President Barack Obama.

“Perhaps not since the Civil War has this great country felt as politically, spiritually and emotionally divided as it does at this moment,” Springsteen said in his Instagram video this week, adding, “It doesn’t have to be this way.” “The shared values ​​and shared stories that make us a great and united nation are waiting to be rediscovered and retold.”