Update:
Harpo, Oprah’s production company, has now issued a statement saying, “The campaign paid for the production costs of ‘Unite for America,’ a live-streaming event that took place Sept. 19 outside Detroit, Mich.” They also said, “Oprah Winfrey was at no point during the campaign paid a personal fee, nor did she receive a fee from Harpo.”
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If there was anything that gave you a window into why you shouldn’t vote for Democrats and how bad they are with money, it would be how Kamala Harris and her team reportedly spent like drunken sailors, ripping through the huge amount of money they had for their campaign. They had over a billion dollars and not only spent it all in a few months but they are now reportedly $20 million in debt.
As we reported, she managed to outspend Trump at a clip of over $55 million, while his total came in under $10 million; he won while using hundreds fewer employees.
The Harris campaign spent six figures to replicate a set in D.C. for Kamala’s infamous “Call Her Daddy” interview because she didn’t want to fly out to the “Call Her Daddy” location in Los Angeles. Then it didn’t even get a million views. Meanwhile, she blew off doing an interview with Joe Rogan.
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Harris also spent $15 million on event production for celebrity concerts such as the election eve rally with Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Ricky Martin. This was how they artificially pumped up “enthusiasm” for her. But concerts don’t translate to actual voters.
Harris also reportedly paid $1 million to Harpo Productions, which is owned by Oprah Winfrey, who did a town hall with Harris back in September and appeared at that election eve rally in Philadelphia.
“It takes remarkable incompetence to spend $1 billion in 90 days, lose market share, allow Donald Trump’s election and end up in debt,” a Democratic source told NewsNation.
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I wrote about that Oprah town hall, where Oprah made it clear she was supporting Harris.
Now TMZ has a video of Oprah on the street without all her make-up being asked about the money. She was not happy to be surprised. The reporter tells her, “You’re looking very good,” tongue in cheek because it doesn’t sound like he means it. She honestly didn’t look good at all. “How do you think the election went?” he asked.
WATCH: Oprah says she’s ‘not talking about the election’ after Kamala got clobbered.
She also says reporting that the campaign paid her $1M is false.
“I was paid nothing, ever.”
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 11, 2024
“I’m not talking about the election,” she deflected.
“Is it true they paid you a million dollars for the endorsement for Kamala?” he asked.
“Not true,” Oprah claimed. “I was paid nothing, ever,” she asserted.
He also asked her what she thought about celebrities and their “mass exodus” — another thing that sounds rather tongue in cheek. While celebrities have said they would leave if Trump won, there isn’t any kind of a big exodus out the door that I’ve seen.
The Washington Examiner never said she was paid for the endorsement. What the report from the Washington Examiner says is that the money went to her company, Harpo Productions. Either way a ridiculous amount of money. And if Trump was such an alleged “threat to democracy,” why didn’t all these folks contribute all their services for free?
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The Washington Examiner’s Gabe Kaminsky produced the receipts.
FEC records—which we cited—show Oprah’s production company Harpo was paid the money pic.twitter.com/1j49nNDRgh
— Gabe Kaminsky (@gekaminsky) November 11, 2024
For any small Democratic donor, this is the nonsensical things your money was spent on — not trying to get across a concrete message to the American public. Is there any wonder that America rejected Harris when they saw this, as they themselves were struggling in the Biden-Harris economy?
READ MORE: After Spending Like Drunken Sailors, the Harris Campaign Is STILL Begging Supporters for Cash
As we reported, the Harris campaign is still begging for money, even after massively losing, showing they truly have no shame.
