What’s left of Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has gone radio silent on wild claims that the Democratic nominee wasted millions on celebrity endorsements.
The vice president brought out Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo, Eminem and Oprah Winfrey to try to rally supporters in her failed bid to be president.
Since his defeat against Donald Trump, accusations that she paid Exorbitant seven-figure sums for A-list sponsors have emerged on social media.
While some of the figures have not been confirmed in Federal Election Commission documents, the vice president’s staff has not responded to the claims.
Only Winfrey has denied the accusation, although in her case it is made more complicated because there is a record of two payments of $500,000 made to her company Harpo Productions on the Federal Election Commission website.
Vice President Kamala Harris (left) with Oprah Winfrey (right) at the Unite for America livestream event on September 19. The Harris campaign paid two $500,000 installments to Winfrey’s production, Harpo, for the event, Harpo’s spokesman said.
‘It isn’t true’ Winfrey told TMZ. “They never paid me anything.”
Speaking to VarietyA spokesperson for Harpo said, “The campaign paid the production costs of “Unite for America,” a livestreamed event that took place on September 19 outside Detroit, Michigan.”
“At no time during the campaign was Oprah Winfrey paid any personal fees, nor did she receive any fees from Harpo,” the spokesperson added.
When Harris took over the top of the Democratic ticket for President Joe Biden in July, several prominent artists and actors jumped to get involved in the campaign, which aimed to put the first woman, and woman of color, in the White House.
Megan Thee Stallion was one of them.
He performed at a Harris campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 30, just nine days after Biden dropped out.
There is no record on the FEC website of the Harris campaign paying a fee to Megan Thee Stallion, or Megan Pete, or Megan Thee Stallion’s production company.
The Federal Election Commission lists two $500,000 payments made to Harpo Productions Inc. by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign. A spokesperson for Harpo said they were for the Unite for America livestream event in September.
Megan Thee Stallion performed at a campaign event for Vice President Kamala Harris on July 30, nine days after President Joe Biden dropped out. There is no record of the Harris campaign directly paying Megan Pete any money.
Rapper Eminem (left), whose real name is Marshall Mathers, appeared at a Harris-Walz campaign event in Detroit, Michigan, on October 22, alongside former President Barack Obama and Senator-elect Elissa Slotkin (right).
Singer Lizzo (left) poses with Vice President Kamala Harris (right) in Detroit on October 19. The most recent FEC filings for the Harris campaign are dated Oct. 17, so if payments were made to Melissa Viviane Jefferson, they would not be released. still
At the same time, three people who work or worked for Harris’ campaign did not respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.
A person listed as Megan Thee Stallion’s agent also did not respond.
Eminem and Lizzo’s people also didn’t return to DailyMail.com.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, appeared at a campaign rally in Detroit, Michigan, for Harris on October 22.
He spoke very briefly before introducing the main act, former President Barack Obama, who then rapped Eminem’s Lose Yourself.
Lizzo also came to Harris’ aid in Detroit, singing at an Oct. 19 event that Harris also attended.
The most recent transactions on the FEC website for Harris’ campaign are dated October 17, so if payments had been made to Mathers or Melissa Viviane Jefferson (that’s Lizzo’s real name), they would not be published still.
Since Harris conceded to former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, her campaign has continued to ask donors for dollars to contribute to the “Harris Fight Fund program” amid reports of more than $1 billion.