Source predicts Harris and Winfrey's 'Unite for America' event will be 'big moment' for campaign

Vice President Kamala Harris will join talk show icon Oprah Winfrey on Thursday night for a presidential campaign event in Michigan that people familiar with the Harris campaign's thinking anticipate will be a "big moment" to draw voters to support the Democratic presidential nominee. More than 200,000 people have RSVPed for the event through campaign channels, sources said, and many more are expected to tune into livestreams covering the event. The "Unite for America" program is expected to be streamed across the largest major video platforms, including the YouTube, Facebook, Tiktok, Twitch and Instagram accounts for both Harris and Winfrey. Combined, the pair have a reach of more than 133. 6 million followers across their platforms.

According to a source familiar, the campaign expects the event to be similar to the long-running daytime talk show that made Winfrey a household name, complete with a studio audience. The event is also expected to ask the audience the audience to join in on organizing, volunteering and get-out-the-vote efforts, including making phone calls and knocking on doors of likely voters. Winfrey has thus far proven to be a solid ally for the campaign, making a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention in her Chicago hometown to deliver a 15 minute address that one pollster exp.