President-elect Donald Trump suggested he might help cover the Harris-Walz campaign’s debt following their defeat in the 2024 election, posting his proposal on Truth Social Saturday morning.
The post comes after reports revealed that the Harris-Walz campaign ended with $20 million in debt despite raising over a billion dollars from corporate, financial, and celebrity donors.
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Much of the financial strain is attributed to the campaign’s pre-election strategy of hosting concerts with high-profile artists, a move that allegedly contributed significantly to the debt burden, as reported by the New York Post.
Donald Trump is offering to help pay for the debt the Harris campaign put themselves in for the sake of unity.
That's a first, folks. I've never heard of an opponent doing that. — Rich Baris The People's Pundit (@Peoples_Pundit) November 9, 2024
“I am very surprised that the Democrats, who fought a hard and valiant fight in the 2020 Presidential Election, raising a record amount of money, didn’t have lots of $’s left over,” Trump wrote.
The president-elect referenced the campaign’s struggles, adding, “Now they are being squeezed by vendors and others.”
Reports suggest that vendors and campaign staff have expressed concerns over unpaid bills, particularly related to the staging, sound, and production expenses of large-scale concerts hosted ahead of Harris’ rallies.
Jesse Watters ended Kamala’s career last night. How did they spend $1B and still manage to be $20M in debt? pic.twitter.com/gNMxhXcexP
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) November 9, 2024
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According to New York Post sources, some vendors worry about whether they will receive payment in light of the campaign's financial shortfall.
The Harris-Walz campaign reportedly hosted pre-election concerts in seven key battleground states on the eve of the election.
The events featured performances by well-known artists, including Jon Bon Jovi in Detroit, Christina Aguilera in Las Vegas, Katy Perry in Pittsburgh, Lady Gaga in Philadelphia, and rapper 2 Chainz in Atlanta.
Despite the attempt to draw large crowds, Trump won all seven swing states, capturing both the popular vote and the electoral college.
In his post, Trump also encouraged Republicans to consider lending a hand to the Democrats, stating, “Whatever we can do to help them during this difficult period, I would strongly recommend we, as a Party and for the sake of desperately needed UNITY, do.”
He credited his campaign’s financial success to the use of “Earned Media,” explaining, “Our biggest asset in the campaign was ‘Earned Media,’ and that doesn’t cost very much.”
HOLY SMOKES. Trump is now offering to use his leftover funds to pay off the debts of the Harris campaign and DNC. 👀 pic.twitter.com/n9XYleXmSP
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) November 9, 2024
The concert strategy was reportedly led by Obama campaign veterans Stephanie Cutter and David Plouffe, who joined the Harris campaign after she replaced Biden on the Democratic ticket in July.
Their approach aimed to replicate the success of President Obama’s 2008 campaign, with an emphasis on energizing younger, low-propensity voters.
However, the decision to pursue high-cost, high-energy events led to financial stress, with one planned performance by Alanis Morissette reportedly canceled to reduce costs.
The New York Post also reported that the involvement of Cutter and Plouffe caused internal tensions with the existing Biden campaign team, as resources were allocated to entertainment expenses instead of more traditional campaign efforts.
The campaign’s debt has spurred internal discussions about the viability of the strategy, with sources attributing some of the blame to the added costs of elaborate concert stages and production crews.
While the performers donated their time to the campaign, the mounting expenses surrounding production and logistics contributed to the campaign’s financial difficulties.
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Trump’s offer to assist, while unexpected, highlights his post-election emphasis on national unity. “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” he concluded in his post.
The post-election debt and Trump’s response add another layer to the ongoing conversation about campaign spending, strategy, and unity as the transition to the new administration unfolds.
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not needed, just have ActBlue wash some more of that foreign money to use for her (again)
She squandered over a billion dollars of campaign money paying huge sums to Hollywood celebrity morons to appear at her rallies, paid Oprah a million dollars to be interviewed on Oprah’s show. She threw money around like it was candy and lost the election big time. And the democRATs wanted to put her in charge of this nation’s bank account?
While I respect and appreciate the message of unity, I’d just as soon watch them scramble and choke on their debt like many other less fortunate taxpayers have done for the past four years. I was raised on the principal that you don’t reward bad behavior.