Some Democrats are complaining as Vice President Kamala Harris’s failed campaign begs one-time supporters to dole out more funds to dig it out of the red.
Harris made headlines for raking in a staggering $1.5 billion during her abbreviated campaign. But after the dust settled on her subsequent defeat at the polls earlier this month, the vice president made news again for running up $20 million in debt.
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Forced to send out a deluge of fundraising emails to cover the losses, the Harris campaign’s continued requests for donors to dig deeper nearly four weeks after the election has some of her colleagues saying the tactic could “erode trust.”
“I understand that the Harris campaign is in a very difficult position with the debt that they have, and so sometimes you just have to make practical decisions,” Mike Nellis, founder of the Democratic digital firm Authentic, told Politico. “But yeah, I think that stuff like that erodes trust.”
One such email message blasted out this month read: “Over the past few weeks, we have been in the states helping finish out recounts and making sure that every vote is counted. But the reality is, we need to see another surge of donations to allow us to continue building the foundation of resources needed to hold Trump accountable these next four years.”
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“Please do not click away,” another message begged.
“I don’t think it sends a good message.” James Zogby, who is running to serve as the Democratic National Committee’s vice chair, said.
He added that he thought the Harris campaign’s email blasts have a “begging” tone that is not a “good look.”
Harris’s arch nemesis, President-elect Donald Trump, offered to pay off her debts following the election, although nothing appeared to come of his idea.
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“Whatever we can do to help them during this difficult period, I would strongly recommend we, as a Party and for the sake of desperately needed UNITY, do. We have a lot of money left over in that our biggest asset in the campaign was “Earned Media,” and that doesn’t cost very much,” he said in a post to Truth Social.
The vice president’s campaign had already burned through $880 million by mid-October, more than double the roughly $354 million that the Trump campaign spent. Funds directed towards political ads accounted for $1.4 billion of spending from the Harris campaign, with the vice president ultimately outspending Trump allies by nearly $460 million.
After Harris lost the Electoral College, the popular vote, and every battleground state to Trump on Nov. 5, Democratic mega-donors fumed.
“I think this disqualifies her forever," John Morgan told NewsNation on Monday.
He continued to put a damper on Harris's reported dreams of making a 2028 presidential bid or a run for governor in California.
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“The same thing is going to follow Harris for the rest of her career. She cannot be trusted with the money, and the donors are going to be, like, ‘Where is this money?’”
At least some of the donations to the Harris camp were spent on questionable activities. MSNBC executives confirmed this week that the vice president’s campaign gave half a million dollars to one of its’ hosts non-profit organizations prior to a friendly interview Rev. Al Sharpton did with Harris.