Insider Goes Rogue, Reveals What Kamala Did After Election
A surrogate for Kamala Harris' campaign, now reflecting on her loss to President-elect Donald Trump, shared with Fox & Friends Weekend on Saturday that she felt "misled" by senior officials, describing the vice president’s campaign as an “epic disaster.”
Lindy Li, who claimed to have raised “millions” in support of Harris, told co-host Will Cain that Harris’s campaign team made false assurances, repeatedly suggesting that internal data showed Harris would easily defeat Trump.
“This is just an epic disaster. This is a one-billion-dollar disaster,” Li remarked, highlighting how the Harris campaign burned through $1 billion in funds, ultimately ending in debt.
“It’s incredible, and I raised millions of that,” she continued. “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.”
Li noted that Harris's campaign chair, Jen O’Malley Dillon, continually reassured surrogates that Harris would win, even producing videos to reinforce the confidence. “I believed her. My daughters believed her. And so, they wrote massive checks,” Li told Cain. “I feel like a lot of us were misled.”
Earlier in the interview, Li commented on the “backstabbing” between Biden and Harris that reportedly started well before Harris replaced 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.
“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,” she added, indicating that Biden’s quick endorsement of Harris reflected his frustration with the Democratic establishment for pushing him out.
“Kamala Harris wasn’t at the top of the ticket,” Li said. “Biden’s endorsement of Harris caught a lot of people off guard. Even the chief Dems of the party.”
She then added, “I really think it was a big fu— a big ‘F you,’ I’m so sorry,” catching herself mid-sentence. Li also spoke of persistent tension between the Biden and Harris teams.
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The Harris campaign’s choice to allocate up to $20 million for swing-state concerts just before the election loss to Trump has stirred up blame within the campaign.
According to The New York Post, the spending has raised fears that some staff and vendors might not be compensated, with reports suggesting the campaign’s debt mirrors the concert budget. If unpaid, Harris's campaign might face lawsuits, especially from vendors seeking compensation.
Insiders from the Harris campaign told The Post that the concerts exacerbated the campaign’s financial troubles. A planned appearance by ’90s alt-rock star Alanis Morissette was even scrapped to save funds.
The concerts, held across seven swing states on election eve, included 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 a final rally in Atlanta on November 2, three days before the election.
Two sources indicated that Stephanie Cutter, a seasoned Obama campaign strategist, championed the concert idea to encourage turnout among less consistent voters.
While the artists donated their time and talent, the events still required substantial resources and staff commitment.
A source told The Post that David Plouffe, another Obama campaign veteran, also backed Cutter’s plan.
“I’m sure vendors will start to get upset soon,” another source added, mentioning that staff payments seem unaffected for now, though reimbursements are still delayed.