The Debts of Kamala Harris, Yesterday’s Woman, By Charles Taylor
While the news has circulated that the Kamala Harris campaign had $ 1 billion in its war chest, with there being higher figures in circulation, it has also been reported that the rock concerts, aimed at getting the lower IQ members of the community to vote, were an election failure. As well the campaign is now $ 20 million in debt. And to make it even more interesting, it seems that the mega-stars will not get paid. And hereI was thinking that these high moralisers did it for free! I trust that they will sue.
The Harris campaign staged seven swing-state concerts on the eve of the election, including performances by Jon Bon Jovi in Detroit, Christina Aguilera in Las Vegas, Katy Perry in Pittsburgh, and Lady Gaga in Philadelphia. And voters turned out the next day to elect Trump in these states! It may be poor taste to laugh, but how about a muffled chuckle? Surely, it should have been realised that most of the people attending the concerts were Democrat voters, and most already on the rolls, not that being on the rolls matters in the land of election fraud. Trump might put aside his cheese burgers and do something about this, now.
"Amid the stunning revelation that Kamala Harris' unsuccessful presidential campaign ended up $20 million in the red, despite raising $1 billion from donors, a new report has found that the rock concerts that her campaign staged on the night before the election — featuring Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and others — collectively cost around that same amount, up to $20 million.
Now vendors and others who worked on those concerts, which were meant to persuade "low-propensity voters" to turn out for Harris, are reportedly facing the prospect of unpaid invoices.
Members of the defeated Harris team told The New York Post that the concerts had a ruinous effect on the campaign's budget and that fact was no secret — with one planned performance by rocker Alanis Morissette getting canceled to save money.
In the end, the Kamala Harris campaign staged seven swing-state concerts on election eve, including performances by Jon Bon Jovi in Detroit, Christina Aguilera in Las Vegas, Katy Perry in Pittsburgh, and Lady Gaga in Philadelphia.
All of those swing states ended up in President-elect Donald Trump's win column on Election Day.
While the pop stars reportedly waived their fees for Kamala, the campaign still had to pay for the staging, sound, security, and other costs associate with putting on a big rock concert.
Two unnamed sources told The Post that Obama campaign alumna Stephanie Cutter pushed the concert concept as a way to entice "lower-propensity voters" to the polls, with backing from fellow Obama alum David Plouffe.
Harris-Walz campaign chairwoman Jen O'Malley Dillon reportedly approved the concert plans, but is now distancing herself from the fiasco in response to mounting internal finger-pointing, claiming that she didn't want to do them and sat on the idea for weeks, one source told The Post.
Another unnamed source said that if that was the case, then O'Malley Dillon's indecision led to increased production costs because "putting [concerts] together last minute makes [them] cost twice as much."
The role of campaign operations chief Dana Rosenzweig has also come into question since she oversaw the budget. "They said they were 'spending to zero.' I guess they overshot zero," one source told The Post.
As Breitbart News reported earlier this week, Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign fell $20 million in debt during the final week of her campaign, according to several sources.
The stunning revelation comes after the campaign raised more than $1 billion in donations, fueled by big Hollywood executives and stars, as well as the usual big Democrat donors, like the Soros family.
A Kamala campaign staffer confirmed to Breitbart News that Jen O'Malley Dillon "blew through a billion dollars in a few months."
In addition to the election-eve concerts, the campaign held celebrity events with Lizzo, Eminem, and others — which were reportedly "all Jen's idea," the campaign staffer explained.
"Jen blew through a billion dollars in a few months, and it was all Jen's idea to do all the concerts," the campaign staffer said.
It remains unclear how much the Megan Thee Stallion concert in Atlanta cost the campaign back in July. It was the campaign's first concert-rally hybrid event, which prompted widespread criticism that Kamala Harris had to rely on rock stars to gin up attendance at her rallies."
"You live, you learn.
Finger-pointing has erupted over the Kamala Harris campaign blowing up to $20 million on swing-state concerts Monday night, hours before the VP's spectacular election loss to Donald Trump — prompting concern that everyday staff and vendors won't get paid amid reports the campaign is in debt by the same amount.
Members of the defeated Harris team tell The Post that the concerts had a ruinous effect on the Democratic campaign's coffers and that fact was no secret — with one planned performance by '90s alt-rock goddess Alanis Morissette getting scrapped to save money.
The seven swing-state concerts on election eve featured performances by Jon Bon Jovi in Detroit, Christina Aguilera in Las Vegas, Katy Perry in Pittsburgh and Lady Gaga in Philadelphia — with 2 Chainz joining Harris on Nov. 2, three days before the election, for an eighth concert in Atlanta.
Two sources said that Obama campaign alum Stephanie Cutter pushed the concert concept as a way to woo lower-propensity voters to the polls.
While the performers donated their time and talent, the sets still required an immense commitment of manpower and financial resources.
Cutter's plan was supported by fellow Obama alum David Plouffe, one source said.
Harris added Cutter and Plouffe to her campaign shortly after replacing President Biden atop the party's ticket in July, generating internal tensions with the existing Biden campaign team as the newcomers sought to replay the 44th president's successful 2008 campaign.
Harris-Walz campaign chairwoman Jen O'Malley Dillon ultimately approved the get-out-the-vote concert plans, but has since told colleagues — in response to significant internal criticism — that she didn't want to do them and sat on the idea for weeks, one source told The Post.
If that was the case, another source pointed out, then O'Malley Dillon's waffling led to increased production costs because "putting [concerts] together last minute makes [them] cost twice as much."
The second source questioned whether campaign operations chief Dana Rosenzweig should have raised internal concerns earlier in the planning, though a third defended her and argued the campaign budget team would have had that responsibility.
"They said they were 'spending to zero.' I guess they overshot zero," quipped the second source.
As it happened, the events hardly made a splash in the news cycle — with the exception of the Philadelphia rally, where Oprah Winfrey stole the show by claiming that Trump winning might mean "we will not have the opportunity to cast a ballot again."
Voters in each of the seven swing states turned out the next day to elect Trump, the former president and Republican nominee."
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