Matthew Chapman
October 24, 2024
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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (AFP)
Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry invoked a deep analogy on the stage of Vice President Kamala Harris' jam-packed stadium rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, comparing Harris and former President Donald Trump's visions of America to a "quilt" versus a "sheet."
It's the latest in a long series of celebrity appearances at the star-studded rally, which also featured former President Barack Obama and rock star Bruce Springsteen playing "Land of Hope and Dreams."
"I'm closing here, I just want to talk about that quilt that I used to wrap up in my car, the quilt that my grandmother gave me," said Perry. "That quilt was a tapestry of beautiful pieces, but I completely ignored it, I didn't think it was worth anything, because she had made it from all of these stitches and gave it to me as a gift. And I was walking past this antique store years later, and I saw one in the window, and I go, 'Wow, that's a beautiful quilt, it reminds me of my grandmother.' So I walk in, I talk to the lady, and she started explaining to me that each patch in that quilt was worth this, and meant this, because of the woman who made it."
"So when I think about America, I think about my grandmother's quilt," said Perry. "We are all shapes, sizes, and colors, but we are one. "And it was so important for me to stand with a candidate who understands that we as Americans, we are a quilt. And I could never stand with a candidate who wants America to be a sheet."
This comes as Trump rallies in Tempe, Arizona, with a polar opposite message to his voters, raging against the presence of immigrants throughout America.
“They unleashed an army of migrant gangs waging a campaign of violence,” said Trump. “We're a dumping ground. We're like a garbage can for the world.”
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (AFP)
Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry invoked a deep analogy on the stage of Vice President Kamala Harris' jam-packed stadium rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, comparing Harris and former President Donald Trump's visions of America to a "quilt" versus a "sheet."
It's the latest in a long series of celebrity appearances at the star-studded rally, which also featured former President Barack Obama and rock star Bruce Springsteen playing "Land of Hope and Dreams."
"I'm closing here, I just want to talk about that quilt that I used to wrap up in my car, the quilt that my grandmother gave me," said Perry. "That quilt was a tapestry of beautiful pieces, but I completely ignored it, I didn't think it was worth anything, because she had made it from all of these stitches and gave it to me as a gift. And I was walking past this antique store years later, and I saw one in the window, and I go, 'Wow, that's a beautiful quilt, it reminds me of my grandmother.' So I walk in, I talk to the lady, and she started explaining to me that each patch in that quilt was worth this, and meant this, because of the woman who made it."
"So when I think about America, I think about my grandmother's quilt," said Perry. "We are all shapes, sizes, and colors, but we are one. "And it was so important for me to stand with a candidate who understands that we as Americans, we are a quilt. And I could never stand with a candidate who wants America to be a sheet."
This comes as Trump rallies in Tempe, Arizona, with a polar opposite message to his voters, raging against the presence of immigrants throughout America.
“They unleashed an army of migrant gangs waging a campaign of violence,” said Trump. “We're a dumping ground. We're like a garbage can for the world.”
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