The Kamala Harris marketing campaign raised an eye-popping billion {dollars} over the summer time and into the autumn, however it nonetheless wasn’t sufficient to beat Trump.
The extra astounding a part of the story nonetheless, is that regardless of having such an enormous battle chest of money, the Harris marketing campaign is ending with $20 million in debt.
Is there a extra excellent metaphor for Democratic governance than this?
From the Washington Free Beacon:
Harris’s Billion Greenback Marketing campaign is Soliciting Donations and Promoting Electronic mail Record To Cowl $20 Million Debt: Report
Vice President Kamala Harris’s billion-dollar marketing campaign is reportedly soliciting donations from supporters and promoting its electronic mail record to cowl its $20 million debt.
Harris, who conceded the presidential race to Donald Trump Wednesday afternoon, ended her marketing campaign with a debt of no less than $20 million, sources informed Politico’s California bureau chief Christopher Cadelago. The marketing campaign is “promoting their electronic mail record to make up for the losses,” in keeping with Puck’s senior political correspondent Tara Palmeri.
The Harris marketing campaign in an electronic mail Wednesday, nicely after voting ended, requested supporters to “donate to the Harris Combat Fund in the present day to make sure now we have the assets to elect Democrats down the ticket to carry the Trump administration accountable.”
A number of this cash went to live shows in swing states that did nothing to assist Kamala’s marketing campaign in the long run.
Breitbart Information reported:
In the long run, the Kamala Harris marketing campaign staged seven swing-state live shows on election eve, together with performances by Jon Bon Jovi in Detroit, Christina Aguilera in Las Vegas, Katy Perry in Pittsburgh, and Woman Gaga in Philadelphia.
All of these swing states ended up in President-elect Donald Trump’s win column on Election Day.
Whereas the pop stars reportedly waived their charges for Kamala, the marketing campaign nonetheless needed to pay for the staging, sound, safety, and different prices affiliate with placing on an enormous rock live performance.
What a surprising embarrassment.
How on the planet did Kamala Harris blow via $1,000,0000,000 in marketing campaign funds in 90 days and nonetheless lose?
She ended $20,000,000 in debt and nonetheless misplaced in historic trend.
That’s precisely the form of cash administration we don’t want anyplace close to the White Home.
— Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) November 7, 2024
When you weren’t certain Kamala Harris is a rabid ‘spend till now we have no cash left’ Democrat who would’ve turned our financial system into one thing resembling Cuba or Venezuela, right here’s your proof:
– Her marketing campaign had $1 BILLION {dollars}.
– Her marketing campaign ended with $20 million in debt.— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) November 7, 2024
Kamala Harris had a $1 Billion bankroll, blew all of it in 3 months… ending up $20,000,000 in debt, and a failed marketing campaign.
American dodged a catastrophe.
— piercheney (@LVpolitic) November 8, 2024
The concept a billion wasn’t sufficient to beat Trump is surprising. The truth that they’re ending in debt is much more beautiful.
