TV mogul Oprah Winfrey has been grilled by a reporter over allegations that she was paid $1 million to publicly endorse Democrat candidate Kamala Harris’s failed presidential election campaign.
Harris spent lavishly in her failed effort to win the White House.
Financial records show her campaign was doling out huge sums of cash to effectively bribe celebrities like Oprah for their support.
The Washington Examiner reports that Harris paid $1 million to Oprah to boost her glitzy presidential bid.
As Slay News previously reported, the Harris campaign burned through $1 billion and ended with $20 million of debt.
Despite the astronomical spending, the Democrats were still locked out of power in Washington D.C.
Amid the flurry of spending, Harris spent $15 million on event production for celebrity concerts such as the election eve rally with Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Ricky Martin.
This was how they artificially pumped up “enthusiasm” for her but concerts don’t translate to actual voters.
Harris also reportedly paid $1 million to Harpo Productions, which is owned by Oprah Winfrey.
Winfrey did a town hall with Harris back in September and appeared at that election eve rally in Philadelphia.
A video has now emerged of Oprah caught off-guard on the street.
She was grilled about the money and was not happy to be surprised.
The reporter spots Oprah and tells her, “You’re looking very good.”
“How do you think the election went?” he asked.
“I’m not talking about the election,” she snapped back.
“Is it true they paid you a million dollars for the endorsement for Kamala?” he asked.
“Not true,” Oprah claimed.
“I was paid nothing, ever,” she insisted.
WATCH:
Harris lost in a wipeout to President Donald Trump, despite an enormous cash advantage and overwhelmingly positive media coverage.
Trump secured a historic landslide into a second term, backed up by the popular vote.
Trump also led Republicans to reclaim the Senate, and they are on pace to maintain a House majority.
Harris’s disastrous defeat has reignited criticism of the Democratic party’s embrace of identity politics, with many arguing the party has lost touch with the electorate to embrace niche, “woke” causes.
While voters were concerned with the economy and immigration, Harris focused on “democracy” and the notion of Trump as an aspiring dictator, using famous celebrities to get out her message.
An October 1 town hall event with Oprah cost the campaign $1 million, the Examiner reported.
Oprah lavished praise on Harris as the only moral choice for voters.
“We’re voting for values and integrity,” Winfrey said at the rally.
“We’re voting for healing over hate.”
A source told the Washington Examiner that the campaign spent six figures to build a set for Harris’s appearance on the sex podcast “Call Her Daddy.”
During the interview, Harris plugged her messaging on abortion.
The spending spree kept going until the night before Election Day when Harris’ campaign blew $20 million on a swing state concert series featuring Bon Jovi, Lady Gaga, and Christina Aguilera.
The Democrats’ disastrous defeat has led to finger-pointing, with some blaming lame-duck President Joe Biden for taking too long to end his re-election bid.
Others, meanwhile, are criticizing the party’s drift from the working class.
While few Democrats have said so publicly, Harris was a weak candidate.
Harris struggled to separate herself from the unpopular Biden administration.
She also often left voters puzzled about her agenda with rambling, vague responses to questions.
Voters were ultimately drawn to President Trump’s authenticity and his message, which was focused on day-to-day issues like inflation.
The lesson here?
“Money can’t buy you love or a good candidate,” one Trump campaign adviser said.
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