Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 campaign chair, Jen O'Malley Dillon, reported Tuesday on Alex Cooper's sex-themed podcast “Call Her Daddy” to reach “low-intensity voters.” defended the six-figure expenditure.
The Harris campaign and the Democratic Party burned through $1.5 billion over the vice president's 15-week campaign, leaving the Democratic National Committee with at least $20 million in debt and hundreds of staffers laid off. Mr Dillon said the six figures spent on Mr Cooper's podcast were “very important” to reach voters who have distanced themselves from politics.
“We had a really hard time finding voters. So we were trying to spend more resources on digital. Not because of that, but because we're trying to find young people, who are interested in politics. trying to find voters who are less likely to Because pre-Kamala Harris and post-Kamala Harris voters were opting out of political engagement and refusing to talk or hear about the partisan environment, we went to great lengths to find them. I had to work hard,” Dillon said. “In doing so, we ended up making a really important choice. “Call her daddy'' was a really important choice. “That hurricane thing you're alluding to, why did I The hurricane affected our two weeks of operations as we had to adjust our schedules and our ability to reach people. We put her on the Weather Channel because that's what people watch. ”
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Dillon said much of the money spent on the campaign was aimed at reaching voters and introducing Harris, adding that Harris' campaign lacked a super political action committee. (PACS) was “coordinated” behind the scenes by President-elect Donald Trump. (Related article: Kamala's team reportedly spent an exorbitant amount of money to interview her dad)
Harris spoke with Cooper at a press conference on October 6th. interview She launched a media blitzkrieg with mostly friendly news outlets in the weeks before the Nov. 5 election. In addition to the money spent on Cooper's podcast, the campaign also reportedly spent more than $15 million on “event production,” including $1 million on Oprah Winfrey's Harpo on Oct. 15.・Donated to Productions. According to To the Washington Examiner.
7 minute clip of 44 minute video interview As of Tuesday, it had just 905,000 views, significantly lower than President Trump's. interview A collaboration with famous podcaster Joe Rogan reached 51 million viewers. Rhys Smith, a Democratic strategist and media expert, told former Obama adviser Tommy Vieter that the meeting was less successful because the vice president and Cooper focused too much on policy.
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