Julia Roberts stumps for Harris in Georgia

Julia Roberts stumped this week in support of Vice President Harris in the movie star’s home state of Georgia, one of the seven battleground states in the 2024 election, giving a speech in support of reproductive rights. 

The Academy Award winner, who endorsed Harris in September, spoke during a Wednesday rally in Canton, urging the crowd to get more male voters in the campaign. She also spoke Thursday at an Atlanta event.

“I believe in Georgia. I wouldn’t have come home if I didn’t believe that we can accomplish really beautiful goals that will extend beyond our state’s borders,” Roberts said in Canton, according to Harper’s Bazaar. “I just hope that all the women here tonight talk to all the men that aren’t here tonight. And all you brave men who are here tonight, talk to all the other men who aren’t here tonight.”

Roberts, who was joined at the event by former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams (D), pressed attendees to “talk to all the people” in their lives, no matter which party they are affiliated with. 

“Maybe they don’t understand things quite the way you do,” she said. “Bring them into a conversation. Make sure they’re registered to vote — even if they’re not voting for the person you think they should vote for. It is the United States of America, and we’ve been lacking in the ‘united’ part for so long.”

The campaign said earlier this week that Roberts would headline five events this week in Georgia on Wednesday and Thursday. At the rally in Atlanta, Roberts was joined by second gentleman Doug Emhoff, who has been an active campaign surrogate, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Abrams. 

“Talk to the people who don’t believe what you believe and gently lure them, gently, gently make them see what we see so clearly, because some people just don’t, and it doesn’t make them bad or wrong, it just means they’re not there yet, but we can get there,” Roberts said, according to The Georgia Recorder. 

She is one of many big names who have supported Harris after President Biden passed the torch to her in July, when he decided not to seek reelection. Early voting in Georgia kicks off on Tuesday.