Harris Campaign Fundraiser Claims She Was 'Misled' by Senior Officials, Describes Effort as 'Epic Disaster'
A representative from Kamala Harris’ campaign against President-elect Donald Trump appeared on “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Saturday, expressing that she was “misled” by high-ranking officials and labeling the vice president’s overall campaign as an “epic disaster.”
Lindy Li, who stated she contributed “millions” to Harris’ campaign, told co-host Will Cain that campaign leaders made numerous false assurances and consistently asserted that internal analytics indicated the vice president would easily overcome Trump.
“This is just an epic disaster. This is a one-billion-dollar disaster,” Li remarked, highlighting how the unsuccessful Harris campaign exhausted $1 billion in fundraising efforts and was left with substantial debt.
“It’s incredible, and I raised millions of that. I have friends that I have to be accountable to and to explain what happened because I told them it was a margin of error race,” she continued.
Li revealed that Jen O’Malley Dillon, Harris campaign chair, guaranteed all Harris surrogates that the vice president would secure a victory, even producing videos to support this narrative. “I believed her. My daughters believed her. And so, they wrote massive checks,” Li explained to the Fox News co-host. “I feel like a lot of us were misled.”
Earlier in the interview, Li mentioned that tensions and “backstabbing” between President Joe Biden and Harris had been ongoing well before Harris was chosen to replace Biden on the 2024 ticket.
“There was a lot of backstabbing we saw in the press; people were leaking stuff all the time. The White House was leaking like a sieve when it came to Kamala Harris,” Li stated.
She added, “In the final years she was able to stabilize and stop the bleeding of her staff because there was a lot of turnover as well. And we saw the press report about that. And things have finally started to calm down,” further noting that President Biden’s swift endorsement of his vice president was a reaction to his frustration with the Democratic establishment for sidelining him.
“Kamala Harris wasn’t at the top of the ticket,” Li explained. “Biden’s endorsement of Harris caught a lot of people off guard. Even the chief Dems of the party.”
“I really think it was a big fu— a big ‘F you,’ I’m so sorry,” she said to Cain, stopping herself before completing the statement. Li also mentioned the ongoing friction between the Biden and Harris factions.
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Disputes have arisen regarding the Harris campaign’s decision to allocate up to $20 million for swing-state concerts on Monday night, just hours before the vice president’s significant electoral defeat to Donald Trump.
The New York Post reports that this expenditure has raised fears that regular staff and vendors might not receive their payments, as the campaign reportedly owes the same amount. If payments are not made, the Harris campaign could face legal challenges, particularly from vendors seeking owed funds.
Former members of the Harris team told The Post that the concerts severely impacted the campaign’s finances, a fact that was widely known. One scheduled performance by ’90s alternative rock star Alanis Morissette was even canceled to cut costs.
The seven swing-state concerts held on election eve featured performances by Jon Bon Jovi in Detroit, Christina Aguilera in Las Vegas, Katy Perry in Pittsburgh, and Lady Gaga in Philadelphia, with 2 Chainz joining Harris for an eighth concert in Atlanta on November 2, just three days before the election, according to the outlet.
Two sources disclosed that Stephanie Cutter, an experienced figure from the Obama campaign, advocated for the concert strategy as a means to engage lower-propensity voters.
Although the artists donated their time and talent, the events still required significant manpower and financial investment.
Cutter’s proposal was supported by fellow Obama veteran David Plouffe, as one source told The Post.
“I’m sure vendors will start to get upset soon,” another source commented, noting that while staff payments appear unaffected, reimbursements are still pending.