“I think we seem to have a lot of problems in our world today, both in the physical world and in the digital world, but we can and must do everything we can to make sure all women have heard their voices,” “said Meghan.
“At this moment, if we are not part of the solution, we are part of the problem. If you do not go out and vote, then you are employees. If you are complacent, you are employees, she went on.
Meghan joined former White House adviser Obama and When We All Vote Chairman Valerie Jarrett, Glamor magazine editor Samantha Barry and actress Yvette Nicole Brown for a virtual ‘When All Women Vote Couch Party,’ in celebration of the centenary of the 19th Amendment Thursday, hosted by Obama’s When We All Vote, which identifies itself as nonpartisan and strives to reduce race and age gap in voter turnout.
The event was co-hosted by The United State of Women and Glamor Magazine.
The talk focused on what women voters can do to mobilize in the next 74 days until the 2020 elections.
“I think our general philosophy is: people meet where they are. Touch them and tell them a story that they can relate to. And that’s the way you can say, ‘Oh, I see the connection between the problems. “I’m about state, local and federal government. And they all affect women’s rights,” Jarrett said in a statement on Thursday.
According to When We All Vote, volunteers cast 313,287 eligible women voters come to the interview during a text bank. DJ Diamond Kuts played a live set while volunteers came to work with OutVote, a tool for voters.
“Guess what’s the greatest tool? It’s you,” Brown said during the discussion. “You share the issues that are important to you, is your superpower in every election.”
“We are voting to honor those who came before us and to protect those who will come to us. Because that’s what the community is about and that’s specifically what this election is all about, said Megan during the conversation.
“This fight is worth fighting for, and we must all mobilize outside to hear our voices.”
The Duchess’s involvement is particularly noteworthy, as even junior royals are accused of avoiding political interference in order not to degrade the monarchy through union, and Prince Harry remains in the line of succession. But a major reason they decided earlier this year to step back from their senior roles was so they could allow themselves more freedom.
The Duchess, who has retained US citizenship even after marrying Harry, has previously commented on political matters – in 2016 she described then-candidate Donald Trump as’ divisive ‘and misogynistic’ during a performance on ‘The Nightly Show’ with Larry Wilmore – but by royal protocol she stopped expressing political opinion after her marriage in 2018. She told Marie Claire earlier this month that she plans to vote in November.
Since Meghan and Harry retired, she has also spoken out about a wide range of issues facing her in politics, including Black Lives Matter, and told the graduating class of her former Los Angeles high school in June that what happened in ‘ the United States after the death of George Floyd was “absolutely devastating.”
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