The Harris campaign has spent millions on podcasts, capturing some of the viewership that President-elect Trump received on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” according to a new report.
washington examiner A report has been published On Friday, details of how the Harris campaign spent its $1 billion war chest were revealed, with one particular expenditure raising some eyebrows.
A person familiar with the matter told the Washington Examiner that the Harris campaign spent six figures to build a set for Harris to appear on host Alex Cooper's popular podcast Call Her Daddy. “he said,” the Examiner wrote. “The interview was released in October and was reportedly filmed in a hotel room in Washington, D.C.”
One of the main points many media commentators focused on following Trump's election victory was the power of podcasts to reach voters.
Mr. Trump's Oct. 25 appearance on Rogan has racked up well over 47 million views on YouTube, while Mr. Harris' podcast focused on salacious female sex and relationships “Call Her Daddy” has been viewed 813,201 times since it was uploaded on October 6th, but has yet to surpass 1 million views. .
Logan said she was in talks with Harris' team about appearing on her podcast, but plans were scrapped when Harris refused to come to record at her studio in Austin, Texas.
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The Examiner also reported that the campaign spent $15 million on “event production,” of which $1 million went to Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign but did not immediately receive a response.
“Money can't buy love or a good candidate,” Republican political strategist Brad Todd told the Examiner, referring to the Harris campaign's massive spending.
“Advertising is a very important source of information for swing voters,” Todd said. “There's no question that it's important, but it's not enough. It doesn't matter if it conveys the wrong message or if it's not delivered in a convincing way, which was missing from her campaign.” It was every effort to overthrow the unpopular regime in which she had participated.
