Kamala's Election Loss Looks Even More Painful as $20M Problem Looms: Report

Allegations have emerged suggesting that Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign is dealing with substantial debt as it struggles to gain traction.

Christopher Cadelago, the California bureau chief for Politico, shared the claim in a post on X. “Kamala Harris’s campaign ended with at least $20 million in debt, per two sources familiar,” he wrote. “Harris raised over $1 billion and had $118 million in the bank as of Oct. 16.”

Matthew Boyle of Breitbart expanded on this claim, using information from unnamed sources to portray a picture of financial chaos. Boyle posted on X, “A Kamala campaign staffer who saw these posts called me just now and said there is a massive scandal here worthy of an audit.”

Boyle reported that the $20 million debt is real and that “Rob Flaherty, this staffer said, is currently shopping around the Kamala fundraising email list to anyone who wants it to try to raise the money back. This includes other campaigns and outside groups.” Flaherty, the post added, is the deputy campaign manager, working under Jen O’Malley Dillon.

A Harris campaign adviser, speaking anonymously, alleged that the campaign’s spending included extravagant events with “Katy Perry, Lizzo, Eminem, Bruce Springsteen et cetera” rather than focusing on social media or other campaign essentials. The adviser claimed that “a billion dollars” was spent on “all the concerts.”

Boyle also noted, “It’s unclear at this time if the campaign PAID the talent to perform, but the cost of production for the events was ‘immense.’” Furthermore, he reported that some Kamala Harris campaign staff members have yet to receive overdue payments for their work.

Newsweek attempted to verify the report but found neither confirmation nor denial from the Harris campaign. According to Newsweek, the campaign had raised more than $1 billion as of October 16.

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, according to The New York Times, suggested that the campaign’s issues stem not from financial mismanagement but from messaging problems. “It’s not just Kamala,” Sanders said. “It’s a Democratic Party which increasingly has become a party of identity politics, rather than understanding that the vast majority of people in this country are working class.”

Sanders added that this trend has seen working-class support shift away from the Democratic Party, “starting with whites” and now extending to “Latinos and blacks.” He questioned, “Whether or not the Democratic Party has the capability, given who funds it and its dependency on well-paid consultants, whether it has the capability of transforming itself, remains to be seen.”

Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts argued that the party needs to better align with the concerns of everyday Americans. “Democrats spend way too much time trying not to offend anyone rather than being brutally honest about the challenges many Americans face,” he said. Referring to the sensitive issue of transgender athletes, he added, “I have two little girls; I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat, I’m supposed to be afraid to say that.”