By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-26 23:56:23 | Updated at 2024-11-27 02:30:48
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Top Democratic megadonor John Morgan says Kamala Harris should be disqualified from running for president 'forever' and fumed at the way her campaign churned through more than $1 billion while losing to Donald Trump.
Morgan, a wealthy trial lawyer, fumed about the spending spree in an appearance on Chris Cuomo's show 'CUOMO' on NewsNation.
'All of a sudden, everybody's got the keys to the candy store, ad buyers, talent consultants. There's 100 days to do it, and the money started pouring in, pouring in,' he said.
He bemoaned some of the profligate spending decisions, like lighting up the Las Vegas 'Sphere' to the tune of $900,000, plus ad-buys in his home state of Florida and wall-to-wall ads in the unsuccessful bid to prevent Donald Trump's return to the White House.
He suggested ill motives for some of the costs. 'She had all these consultants. And if you don't run the ads, you don't get paid for the buy,' he fumed.
'Nine hundred thousand to put her face on the sphere in Las Vegas! The ego, the crazy, the commissions,' he compalined.
He said he was at the White House, where President Biden held a huge 'thank you' party for staff, campaign aides, and donors.
Top Democratic donor John Morgan, a wealthy attorney, ripped into Vice President Kamala Harris for churning through campaing funds
'There's a lot of whispers. There's a lot of names about who got paid this, who got paid that, and a lot of people got rich on the back of donors trying to stop Trump. And I think this disqualifies her forever. Forever. If you can't run a campaign, you can't run America, and that would be the argument just Day One,' he said.
HIs tirade came after a series of reports on how the Harris camp burned through more than $1.4 billion.
Now, in the aftermath of her defeat, her campaign continues to send out a string of solicitations to raise money to try to pay off a campaign debt reported to be as high as $20 million.
VP Harris's campaign paid about $1 million to Oprah Winfrey's production company, in an effort that tried to use celebrity endorsements to help propel her
Morgan ripped the campaign for paying to put Harris's face on the Las Vegas Sphere, in an eye catching ad in battleground Nevada
Other expenses that have raised eyebrows have included up to $4 million on private jets, $1 million to Oprah Winfrey's production company Harpo studios, $5,000 to a California nail artist, and more.
Other expenses include $654 million on advertising, according to AdImpact.
It was all part of a campaign that relied on big rallies, frequent trips to swing states, and no small measure of celebrity and support from A-list musicians and actors.
Meanwhile, with her campaign over, some DNC staffers have been laid off without severance. Harris gave it a worse look by taking a family vacation in Hawaii.
Harris had to jump into the race last summer after Joe Biden's sudden withdrawal following his debate disaster.
She ended up keeping most of his campaign apparatus in Delaware while bringing on some of her own advisors.
But her political options are far from over. She led the field in a recent poll for 2028, notwithstanding the gripes of the party apparatus.
Advisers and allies say they have been instructed by the vice president to 'keep her options open' according to Politico.
She could even pursue an open governor seat in her home state of California in 2026. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who came up through California politics with Harris, is term limited and may eye a 2028 run for White House himself.
