Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign delivered $500,000 in donations to Al Sharpton’s nonprofit, just before a glowing interview with the candidate on MSNBC.
Harris’ campaign made two $250,000 payments to the National Action Network on Sept. 5 and Oct. 1, according to early campaign finance records. reported by the Washington Free Beacon and confirmed by DailyMail.com.
Sharpton publicly endorsed Harris after Biden endorsed her to succeed him in his re-election campaign. After Sharpton’s organization received donations from Harris, he landed a coveted interview with her just two weeks before the election.
Harris appeared on Sharpton’s MSNBC Politics Nation show on Oct. 20, broadcast exclusively on the cable network.
‘Donald Trump should never again stand behind the seal of the president of the United States, he has not earned that right. And that’s why he’s going to lose,” Harris said.
The Rev. Al Sharpton’s nonprofit received payments from Kamala Harris’ campaign ahead of an exclusive interview with the vice president.
Neither MSNBC nor Al Sharpton disclosed donations to Sharpton’s organization during the interview in which Harris spoke about issues related to black communities. The National Action Network did not respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com.
During the interview, Sharpton asked Harris to react to the narrative that Black men did not support her because of misogyny in the community.
“It’s just not working in reality in terms of when I went to Atlanta last night and I had 10,000 people at a rally.
Al Sharpton speaks during the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, August 22, 2024 in Chicago.
Harris’ campaign increased spending with Black activist organizations in the final weeks of the campaign to boost turnout among Black voters.
Sharpton responded to Harris’ critics for labeling her ‘Kamala the police,’ defending her record as a progressive prosecutor, despite her history of prosecuting marijuana crimes in San Francisco and threatening to jail parents of absent children.
“You used to attack yourself for being too progressive as a lawyer,” he told Harris during the interview.
Sharpton has sided with the Democratic Party throughout his activist career, but at one point frequently spent time with Trump as a prominent New York celebrity.
That all changed when Trump began running as a Republican for president.
Donald Trump and Al Sharpton attend “The Art of the Deal” book party on December 12, 1987
In July 2019, Trump reacted to Sharpton’s attacks by describing him as a “con man.”
‘I’ve known Al for 25 years. I went to fight with him and Don King, I always got along well. I loved Trump!’ Trump wrote on social media. ‘He often asked me for favors. Al is a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a result. Just doing his thing.