PREVIEW: Blade’s exclusive interview with VP Harris as campaign debuts Pride blitz
The Washington Blade conducted an exclusive interview today with Vice President Kamala Harris that will be published on Tuesday, which comes as the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign announced investments in LGBTQ media as part of a Pride month organizing and paid media blitz.
The effort to mobilize LGBTQ and “equality voters” in key battleground states ahead of the election in November was kicked off over the weekend as Harris greeted more than 150 LGBTQ leaders and allies at the Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday while first lady Jill Biden made an appearance at Pittsburgh Pride with the Blade and other media in tow.
The vice president spent about an hour taking photos and talking with attendees at LAX before she boarded Air Force Two en route to Seattle for a political event.
Harris returned to the City of Angels on Monday, where she spoke with the Blade by phone about topics ranging from her legacy of fighting for LGBTQ families to the threat presented by former President Donald Trump’s bid for a second term.
