It turns out that being vice president has some advantages.
Vice President Kamala Harris received two tickets to a Beyonce concert valued at $1,655.92, according to her financial disclosure report.
The tickets were listed as a gift from Beyoncé.
Harris also received tickets to the HBCU football championship game in Atlanta to watch his alma mater, Howard University, compete with the Florida A&M University football team.
The football tickets for Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were worth $1,890 and are listed as a gift from ESPN. Despite Harris enthusiastic support For his team, Florida A&M beat Howard 30-26.
Beyonce performs on stage during the opening night of the “Renaissance World Tour”
The free tickets were revealed in Harris’ 2023 White House financial report.
Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff attended Beyonce’s concert at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, in August 2023. The vice president marked the occasion on Instagram.
“To your number one, your only, Beyonce, thank you for a fun date night,” she wrote, posting a photo of herself in a sparkly gold sequin shirt.
Harris has been a fan of Beyonce for a long time, but she and the famous singer have never been seen together publicly. Beyonce has a lot warmer relationship with former first lady Michelle Obama.
United States Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Douglas Emhoff, attend a soccer game in Atlanta.
But that hasn’t stopped the vice president from professing her love for Beyoncé’s music.
The vice president gushed about Beyoncé’s new country music album, ‘Cowboy Carter,’ which was released in March.
‘I love what you’re doing, again, how wonderful it is to really own and dive into your range, right?’ And never feel like you have to limit yourself to other people’s perspective on what your lane is and instead just go for it. I love it,” Harris said during a podcast interview in April.
Harris also praised Beyoncé’s country album on social media.
Beyoncé performs during her Renaissance tour
“Thank you for reminding us that we should never feel confined to other people’s perspective of what our lane is,” Harris wrote. ‘You have redefined a genre and recovered the black roots of country music. Your music continues to inspire us all.”
In 2023, Harris said her favorite Beyoncé song was ‘Break my Soul’.
“I love that song,” he said. People magazine. ‘I play it all the time. I think it’s one of the anthems for women. . . when [Beyoncé says] “you”, could be life, you could be a person, you could be a situation. You won’t break my soul. I can stand it.
Harris has used Beyoncé to mark the highs and lows of her political career, including her own failed bid for the presidency in 2019.
After announcing her decision to end her campaign, she celebrated by dancing with her campaign staff to Beyoncé’s version of ‘Before I Let Go.’
