A new report comes amid stunning revelations that Kamala Harris' failed presidential campaign ended up with a $20 million deficit despite raising $1 billion from donors. According to the book, a rock concert held by her campaign on the eve of the election, featuring Lady Gaga, cost Katy Perry and other artists a total of about the same amount, up to $20 million.
Now, vendors and others involved in the concert aimed at persuading “low-propensity voters” to vote for Harris are reportedly facing the prospect of unpaid bills.
Members of the defeated Harris team said new york post It's no secret that concerts have had a devastating impact on campaign budgets, with rocker Alanis Morissette's scheduled performance canceled to save money.
In all, the Kamala Harris campaign held seven concerts in battleground states on the eve of the election, including Jon Bon Jovi in Detroit, Christina Aguilera in Las Vegas, Katy Perry in Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia. This included Lady Gaga's performance at .
All of these battleground states ended up in President-elect Donald Trump's win column on Election Day.
The pop stars reportedly waived their appearance fees for Kamala, but the campaign still has to pay production, sound, security and other costs associated with hosting a large rock concert. There wasn't.
Two anonymous sources said. of post Obama campaign alumnus Stephanie Cutter, with support from fellow Obama alumnus David Plouffe, said she pushed the concert concept as a way to attract “low-propensity voters” to the polls.
Harris Waltz's campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon reportedly approved the concert plans, but has now distanced herself from the fiasco following mounting internal criticism and said she would not go ahead with the concert. He claims he kept quiet about the idea for weeks because he didn't want to, a source said. post.
Another anonymous source said that if this was the case, O'Malley Dillon's indecision led to increased production costs. [concerts] make the last moments together [them] It costs twice as much. ”
The role of campaign operations manager Dana Rosenzweig has also been called into question because she oversaw the budget. “They said, 'We're going to cut spending to zero.' I think they've probably gone beyond zero,” one source said. post.
As Breitbart News reported earlier this week, Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign saw its debt drop by $20 million in the final weeks of the campaign, according to multiple sources.
This surprising revelation comes after the campaign raised more than $1 billion in donations, backed by not only the usual big Democratic donors like the Soros family, but also Hollywood's biggest executives and stars. Ta.
Kamala campaign staff Confirmed Breitbart News reported that Jen O'Malley Dillon “burned through $1 billion in a few months.”
In addition to the election-eve concert, the campaign held celebrity events with the likes of Lizzo and Eminem, which a campaign staffer said were “all Jen's idea.”
“Jen burned through $1 billion in a few months. It was all Jen's idea to do all the concerts,” a campaign staffer said.
It remains unclear how much the campaign cost for Megan Thee Stallion's July concert in Atlanta. It was the campaign's first combined concert and rally event, sparking widespread criticism that Kamala Harris had to rely on rock stars to draw attendees to the rally.
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