WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 Vice President Kamala Harris crashed the season finale of 鈥淩uPaul's Drag Race All Stars,鈥 urging Americans to vote in an appearance that was taped before President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid.
The episode caps the series' ninth season and is streaming Friday on . It opens with an announcer saying that programing is being interrupted for an 鈥渆xtra special 鈥楧rag Race鈥 viewing party.鈥
The scene cuts to the Democratic vice president smiling broadly and saying into the camera, "Hi, everyone. It鈥檚 Kamala Harris. Each day, we鈥檙e seeing our rights and freedoms under attack, including the right of everyone to be who they are, love who they love 鈥 openly and with pride.鈥
Clad in a purple suit that nicely complements the hot-pink couch where she's seated with actor and surrounded by other celebrities and stars from the show, Harris continues: 鈥淪o, as we fight back against these attacks, no one is alone."
"We are all in this together, and your vote is your power, so please make sure your voice is heard this November and register to vote,鈥 the vice president concludes.
That prompts Jackson to proclaim, 鈥淐an I get an amen?鈥 and Harris and others happily cry, 鈥淎men!鈥 The vice president, like many on the set, holds up her hands in a gesture of praise before adding, 鈥淣ow on with the show.鈥
Harris and others then clap to RuPaul鈥檚 song 鈥淎 Little Bit of Love,鈥 as some of the assembled hoist placards promoting the website . Harris laughs along as one sign is mistakenly held upside down. , the show's host, does not appear in the clip.
Harris, a former U.S. senator from California, is not the first Democratic politician to appear on the show, which is based in Los Angeles. New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a guest judge in 2020.
Biden announced he was last weekend. The vice president has since .
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