The huge debts left over from Kamala Harris’s failed 2024 presidential campaign continue to burden Democrats with eye-watering bills, a new report has revealed.
Almost a year after Election Day, the massive debts are placing the Democratic Party at a disadvantage compared to Republicans.
In September alone, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) paid off $1.6 million in campaign debts, Axios reports.
So far, the DNC has now paid $20 million to cover Harris’s campaign debt.
However, Democrats “aren’t sure how much more outstanding debt there is.”
The extravagant cost of the former vice president’s failed bid has contributed to a cash disadvantage with the Republican National Committee (RNC).
The RNC currently has $86 million in cash on hand compared to the DNC’s $12 million.
Riding a wave of hype and manufactured “joy,” Harris doled out huge wads of cash for celebrity appearances and six-figure studio sets.
The Harris campaign shelled out $1.5 billion across a mere 107 days after receiving a rushed coronation from her party.
Democrats are still reeling from Harris’s decisive defeat to President Donald Trump.
Trump won all seven swing states and the popular vote as the electorate shifted rightward across the nation.
Dampened enthusiasm since Harris’s defeat has discouraged donors from giving to the DNC, adding to the party’s cash woes.
The Wall Street Journal reports that donors snubbed a fundraiser headlined by Harris earlier this year.
One person even replied to the invite with profanity.
The chilly reception reflects ongoing skepticism among donors about contributing to the Democratic Party, which has remained adrift for almost a year since humiliating Harris’s loss.
“There is just a broad consensus that the DNC is ineffectual and not where we should be giving money,” one former donor told the New York Post in June.
Democrats are facing some tight races this November, with party members fearful of an upset in New Jersey’s key gubernatorial race.
Meanwhile, Harris is still opening up fresh wounds in her party, peddling a tell-all book about her failed campaign and the political jockeying that took place behind the scenes as former President Joe Biden’s re-election bid imploded.
In the book, Harris shares that top power brokers like Barack Obama did not rush to endorse her and instead believed she needed to prove she was worthy.
But those concerns fell by the wayside as Democrats bypassed any semblance of democratic process to anoint her the hope of “Our Democracy.”
Despite being rejected by the nation and now her own party, Harris is not ruling out another presidential run in 2028 as she continues to live in denial about her defeat.
“Well, some people have actually said I was the most qualified candidate ever to run for president,” she said in a recent interview.
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