Kamala Harris enjoys a scoop of ice cream at Smize And Dream

Vice President Kamala Harris recently showed her support for Tyra Banks by visiting the previous supermodel’s Smize and Dream ice cream shop in Washington, D.C.

On July 19, Harris visited the shop together with her nieces. Created The name of Banks’ pop-up is a reference to her slogan “smize,” which suggests to make someone smile with their eyes.

“My mom and I were sitting in the car and she was talking about the sacrifices she made to achieve her dream,” Banks told a local news agency. “So ice cream to me is about loving my mom, bonding, being together and dreaming.”

Harris’ visit to Smize and Dream got here before it was announced that she could potentially develop into the presumptive Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election. On July 21, President Joe Biden announced that he was ending his re-election campaign.

“Thank you for the invitation, Tyra,” Madame Vice President wrote in an Instagram post after their visit. “I can’t wait to see your continued investment in the ambitions and aspirations of the DC community.”

“It reminded me of special times when I would go out for ice cream with Mom Carolyn every Friday night,” Banks wrote within the comments to the post. “She was a single mom who worked very hard to make her dreams come true for our family, but she reserved those nights for time with me.”

No stranger to supporting her Black peers, as a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Harris has at all times leaned into her Divine Nine community, and now is not any different as all eyes are on her ahead of the November election. In an unprecedented move, lower than 24 hours after Biden left office, some 90,000 Black women and allies logged on to pledge their support for Harris’ presidential bid. In that point, Harris has raised greater than $81 million.

The Democratic presidential candidate will likely be formally announced at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 19-22. If elected, Harris would develop into the primary Black and South Asian woman to be nominated by a major party.