BREAKING: Filings Reveal Oprah Winfrey Was Paid ONE MILLION DOLLARS To Host “Town Hall” With Kamala Harris

What’s $1 million between friends?

Especially when the million isn’t yours anyway, it just poured in from Hollywood along with the rest of the $1 billion.

And that’s allegedly what happened here….

While they passed it off as Oprah Winfrey coming in and doing her Civic Duty to host a Town Hall where Kamala Harris would take questions from voters, it now appears like it was nothing more than a paid event to prop up Kamala Harris — and Oprah allegedly got $1 million to do it.

Good work if you can get it, I guess!

Take a look here:

REPORT: @KamalaHarris Campaign PAID Oprah Winfrey $1,000,000 To Do The Interview With Her!
They Presented It As A Journalistic Endeavor…
THAT WAS A LIE!
HARRIS DID NOT PRESENT IT AS A PAID POLITICAL AD, WHICH IT WAS, A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW! pic.twitter.com/5swJpiLLaf

— John Basham (@JohnBasham) November 9, 2024

That’s exactly right….

It was presented as an (impartial) journalistic endeavor, but in reality it seems it was nothing more than a paid ad.

How ridiculous!

Watch Jesse Watters break it all down here:

Hang on a minute…Kamala paid Oprah $1 million to endorse her…wtf 😂 everything was fake lmao pic.twitter.com/g60NDpKiR6

— Mandy Gall (@TheMandyGall) November 9, 2024

Here is Elon Musk saying “Hmm” in response to @CerebralBlonde posting the actual campaign filing showing $1,000,000 to “Harpo Productions Inc”.

See here:

Oprah was paid $1M? Hmm

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 9, 2024

Why did Oprah’s production studio receive $1,000,000 disbursement from the Harris campaign?

That’s in the FEC records – clear as day.

Was Oprah paid for the assistance she gave Harris and if so, was that disclosed during that little town hall?

— Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) November 9, 2024

For those who don’t know, Harpo is Oprah spelled backwards and it’s the name of her production company.

The Denver Gazette had more details on this payment and many others:

The Harris campaign and its affiliated committees dropped more than $654 million on advertising from July 22 to Election Day, whereas Trump spent $378 million, or 57% less, in the same category, according to data from AdImpact.

Future Forward, the $500 million “ad-testing factory” and super PAC that supported Harris, was a reliable clearinghouse for checks from wealthy Democrats such as Reid Hoffman, George Soros, Michael Bloomberg, and Dustin Moskovitz. And anonymous donations, or so-called “dark money,” also benefited Harris at a faster and more substantial clip than Trump thanks to lax federal laws that progressives often criticize but, nonetheless, exploited in 2024.

The Harris campaign declined to comment on its finances. A fuller portrait will be public after the election, as the Federal Election Commission mandates post-general election reports for candidates within 30 days.

In mid-October, the Harris campaign disclosed that it had spent over $880 million this election, almost $526 million greater than the roughly $354 million that the Trump campaign had disclosed spending, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of federal filings. Much of the Harris campaign’s spending was allocated for digital media advertising, polling, and travel from state to state, including to a private jet company called Advanced Aviation.

Payroll and the taxes that accompanied it accounted for $56.6 million of the Harris campaign’s spending. In comparison, the Trump campaign reported spending $9 million on payroll — employing hundreds fewer staff members.

There was also the army of political, digital, and media consultants who were paid over $12.8 million by the Harris campaign, filings show.

One vendor, Village Marketing Agency, received over $3.9 million and reportedly worked to recruit thousands of social media influencers to boost Harris online. Others that scored lucrative consulting gigs from the campaign included the likes of Precision Strategies, a Democratic-aligned marketing agency; Ethos Organizing, founded by former Ohio Democratic Party director Malik Hubbard; and the Biden-allied SKDK communications firm.

Harris’s payments to the consultant class will likely come under the microscope in the months ahead, as Democrats look to diagnose who is responsible for why the party lost this election so handily. Speaking on MSNBC after Harris’s Wednesday concession speech, former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said Harris “was listening too much to consultants,” which McCaskill argued detracted from her ability to “exude who she was” to voters.

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“There was a segment of the electorate that was very consistently saying, ‘I’m not familiar with Kamala Harris,’ and, because of that, ‘I’m not comfortable enough to decide to vote for her,’ whereas Trump is incredibly well-defined,” said Jake Dilemani, a Democratic political strategist based in New York City. “It was easier for him to spend less and still win.”

“It’s the advantage of being such a well-defined person,” Dilemani told the Washington Examiner.

“Event production” was also a staple spending area of the Harris campaign, which notably hosted a star-studded lineup of musicians from Lady Gaga to Katy Perry for an election eve rally.

The campaign paid more than $15 million, according to federal filings, to companies for such services.

There was $1 million for Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions on Oct. 15 in West Hollywood, California.

Winfrey, a top Harris ally, appeared at a town hall with the vice president in September and was at her final rally in Philadelphia before Election Day.

Viva Creative, a marketing agency that has touted its work with Oprah, comedian Trevor Noah, the Washington Nationals baseball team, and American Express, scooped up $1.8 million from the Harris campaign for event production from September to October. A company called Production Management One in Maryland received $1.7 million, with large payments also going to Vox Productions, Temple University, Wizard Studios North, the Park Hyatt Chicago, and other entities for event production, filings show.

Then there was Majic Productions, a Wisconsin-based company, which has worked the NBA playoffs, the Super Bowl, and at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The Harris campaign paid that company $2.3 million.

I don’t know why you would, but if you wanted to see the full Town Hall you can see it here:

Here’s more on the extremely reckless spending of the Kamala Harris Campaign:

After Raising $1 Billion In Campaign Contributions, Kamala Harris Campaign Ends Deeply In Debt!

After Raising $1 Billion In Campaign Contributions, Kamala Harris Campaign Ends Deeply In Debt!

This is the most "Democrat" thing ever....

Raise a BILLION dollars, spend recklessly and frivolously, keep horrible ledgers, budget and project spending wildly inaccurately, and then end up $20 million in debt!

Just like how they run our country!

Take a look:

She only spent $400,000,000 in the swing stages.

Her campaign raised $1,000,000,0000.

Her campaign is now $20,000,000 in debt.

So, what did they spend the other $620,000,000 on?

There is some major fraud that occurred within that campaign’s finances. https://t.co/W0uGqNX6to

— Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) November 7, 2024

Confirmed by Politico California Bureau Chief Christopher Cadelago:

Kamala Harris's campaign ended with at least $20 million in debt, per two sources familiar. Harris raised over $1 billion and had $118 million in the bank as of Oct. 16.

— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) November 7, 2024

I guess a BILLION dollars just doesn't go as far as it used to!

Newsweek confirmed more information:

Kamala Harris' presidential election campaign ended the 2024 White House contest "at least $20 million in debt," according to Politico's California bureau chief Christopher Cadelago.

Cadelago made the claim on X, formerly Twitter, noting Harris' team had "$118 million in the bank" as recently as October 16.

Donald Trump was elected to the White House for a second time, with The Associated Press (AP) reporting he had secured 295 Electoral College votes as of 5:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, 25 more than he needed for victory. According to AP, Trump is also ahead in the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona, which have 17 Electoral College votes between them. He is also on track to win the popular vote.

In the post on Wednesday, Cadelago wrote: "Kamala Harris's campaign ended with at least $20 million in debt, per two sources familiar. Harris raised over $1 billion and had $118 million in the bank as of Oct. 16."

Newsweek has not independently confirmed that a debt of around $20 million exists. The Harris-Walz campaign was contacted for comment via email on Thursday outside of regular office hours.

The claim was repeated by on X by Breitbart's Matthew Boyle, who cited an anonymous "Kamala campaign staffer."

The Washington bureau chief for Breitbart News Network wrote: "The $20 million debt thing is real. [The Harris campaign's deputy campaign manager] 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."

I thought it would be fun next to compare Kamala's campaign managing $1 billion with some historical campaigns.

Let's start with Trump 2016:

Donald Trump 2016:

• Debt Status: Trump's 2016 campaign concluded with no reported debt.
• Financial Summary: The campaign raised approximately $333 million and spent about $325 million, leaving a cash surplus of over $7 million.

That checks out....he ran a surplus!

$7 million left over, money spent extremely frugally and wisely and funds left over after the win was secured.

Just like a successful business man!

Next up let's do Hillary 2016:

Hillary Clinton 2016:

• Debt Status: Clinton's 2016 campaign ended with minimal debt.
• Financial Summary: The campaign raised over $563 million and spent approximately $570 million, resulting in a small deficit.

I love how they call $7 million a "small deficit".

No big deal, just have Gary Gensler write it off!

"It's a write off Jerry, you just WRITE it OFF!"

Next up, how about Obama in 2012:

Barack Obama 2012:

• Debt Status: Obama's 2012 campaign concluded with no significant debt.
• Financial Summary: The campaign raised about $722 million and spent nearly $750 million, but managed to settle all obligations promptly.

This shows a $28 million deficit, worse than Kamala!

And I love how they say they "settled all obligations promptly"....what a way to put it!

Let me tell you exactly how those settlements worked:  "Hello, XYZ Vendor, hi....this is Barack Obama.  I'm President now.  I know we owe you $XXX but we will not be paying any of that, we're broke.  Have a good day!"

BOOM: settled promptly.