Harry Types Endorses Beto O’Rourke at Texas Live performance

Harry Types had one particular Texan fan within the viewers throughout his practically sold-out mini-residency at Austin’s Moody Middle: Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke.

Types appeared on stage that evening flashing a “Beto for Texas” sticker on his guitar and, at one level within the present, he gestured to the brand whereas the venue’s large screens zoomed in on the endorsement and immediately switched to disclose O’Rourke within the pit, smiling among the many cheering viewers.

O’Rourke, who’s working for governor towards Republican Greg Abbott within the Nov. 8 common election, uploaded footage of the interplay on his Instagram tales with different clips of him high-fiving and taking photographs with followers.

Types isn’t any stranger to Texas politics. In Could, following the elementary college capturing in Uvalde, he partnered with the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Security for his “Love on Tour” outing, promising donations of greater than $1 million in proceeds to the group together with Reside Nation. Throughout earlier exhibits on the Moody Middle, the pop star additionally spoke on abortion rights, telling followers “nobody can let you know what to do with your personal physique” — a reference to the state’s controversial abortion bans.

A number of hours earlier than the Types present, O’Rourke had additionally been endorsed by nation singer Willie Nelson throughout a “Vote ‘Em Out” marketing campaign rally. Nelson confirmed as much as the occasion sporting an O’Rourke shirt and sang a 15-minute set following the candidate’s speech on girls’s rights and gun violence. He performed a number of of his largest hits similar to “Whiskey River,” “On the Street Once more” and “Deep within the Coronary heart of Texas,” alongside together with his 2018 election track “Vote ‘Em Out.”