One big area of focus in the various post-mortems of Vice President Kamala Harris’ second failed presidential campaign has been on the piles of money (one billion dollars) she spent trying to win the support of voters in key battleground states.
For instance, there were the stories about the million dollars the Harris campaign spent on the “Unite for America” live-streaming event in Michigan that took place on September 19th which was hosted by TV talk show host/producer Oprah Winfrey. Though Winfrey’s production company, Harpo, has denied that she was paid any personal fees whatsoever from the Harris campaign or Harpo, the questions continue to swirl.
The list just goes on and on. Among other things, there was also the $100,000 paid to create the cringe “Call Her Daddy” podcast set and the reported $20 million Harris paid for the cross-country election-eve concerts, including the one in Pennsylvania that got blasted by the Philly Democrat Party chair the day after the election.
And now, hot on the heels of the Winfrey allegations comes news of what the Harris campaign gave to the racist “Reverend” Al Sharpton, a former Democrat candidate for president himself and longtime host on MSNBC.
According to a new Free Beacon report, the Harris campaign donated to Sharpton’s organization, the National Action Network (NAN), two times prior to her October 20th interview with him, which was broadcast on MSNBC. What did she donate? $500,000:
Harris’s campaign gave two payments of $250,000 to National Action Network on Sept. 5 and Oct. 1, according to campaign finance records.
On Oct. 3, Sharpton aired a video of Harris wishing him happy birthday on his MSNBC weekend show, PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton. “Happy birthday, Rev,” Harris said, using Sharpton’s nickname. “You have been over all of your years such an extraordinary leader. You have been a voice of truth, a voice of conscience.”
Sharpton, 70, conducted a glowing interview with Harris on Oct. 20 in which he touted her “extraordinary historic campaign” while referring to Trump as “hostile and erratic.” His questions lined up closely with messages that Harris sought to highlight on the campaign trail.