Oprah Winfrey endorses Kamala Harris, saying she represents 'the best of America'

• Talk show and media icon Oprah Winfrey endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president over former President Donald Trump.
• "What we're going to do is elect Kamala Harris as the next President of the United States," Winfrey said at the Democratic National Convention.
• Winfrey's first-ever endorsement of a political candidate went to then-Sen. Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential cycle.

Talk show and media icon Oprah Winfrey on Wednesday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

"What we're going to do is elect Kamala Harris as the next President of the United States," Winfrey said in a speech that drew a thunderous response from the Democratic National Convention crowd.

Winfrey also delivered a number of jabs at Republican nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio.

"We are beyond ridiculous tweets and lies and foolery," Winfrey said at one point.

Elsewhere in the speech, she referenced Vance's controversial remarks denigrating "childless cat ladies."

"When a house is on fire, we don't ask about the homeowner's race or religion. We don't wonder who their partner is, or how they voted. No, we just try to do the best we can to save them," she said.

"And if the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, well, we try to get that cat out too."

Winfrey's speech night boiled the choice between Harris and Trump down to which candidate represents "the best of America."

"Very soon, we're going to be teaching our daughters and sons" about how Harris, the child of immigrants, "grew up to become the 47th president of the United States," Winfrey said. "That is the best of America."

"Let us choose the sweet promise of tomorrow, over the bitter return to yesterday," she said. "We won't go back.