Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign appears to have set their focus on fundraising and celebrity sit-downs, raking in millions through
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign appears to have set their focus on fundraising and celebrity sit-downs, raking in millions through the help of Hollywood and big money donors.
Support for Vice President Kamala Harris skyrocketed after President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid on July 21 and endorsed her. Donors who had withheld funds under Biden and celebrities questioning his mental fitness quickly rallied around Harris, dramatically boosting her image.
Less than a day after Biden’s exit, the Democracy Alliance — a group of left-leaning donors that has raised over $2 billion for liberal causes—threw its support behind Harris. In her first official month as the nominee, Harris’ campaign raised $361 million in August, more than doubling former President Donald Trump’s haul for the same month.
Harris made her first appearance in the Los Angeles area since announcing her campaign on Sunday, hosting a fundraiser with tickets starting at $500 per person and rising to $1 million, according to Deadline. With celebrities like Stevie Wonder, Demi Lovato, Jessica Alba and Lily Tomlin in attendance, the event in combination with another San Francisco fundraiser raked in an estimated $55 million for the vice president’s campaign, Spectrum News 1 reported.
“We just see the same old tired show from the same old tired playbook,” Harris stated at the Los Angeles fundraiser, the outlet reported.
Former Obama fundraiser Allison Huynh told the Daily Caller News Foundation that Hollywood and Big Tech have long pushed candidates as a “aspirational luxury ticket,” recalling how former President Barack Obama was “adopted” by the two major groups.
“They market their candidates as, like I said, an aspirational luxury ticket item. I was interested in Obama because there were a lot of young people who supported him … he spoke to folks who were new to politics or disenfranchised with the divisiveness of politics,” Huynh said. “But then quickly Obama was adopted by Oprah, by P. Diddy, the royalty of Beverly Hills, I believe even Harvey Weinstein under the guise of social justice … Obama became the puppet for the Hollywood and tech elite. That’s what I saw.”
Despite strong Hollywood support for Harris, Trump has received backing from celebrities like Kid Rock, Zachary Levi, Dennis Quaid and billionaire Elon Musk. In June, a Silicon Valley fundraiser for Trump raised an estimated $12 million, surpassing the amount expected from the typically left-wing circle, according to Craft Ventures co-founder David Sacks.
