President-elect Donald Trump has accused Democrats of breaking the law by reportedly paying for the endorsement of celebrities such as singer Beyoncé and media personality Oprah Winfrey.
Newsweek has reached out to Harris’ 2024 campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) via email for comment late Saturday afternoon.
Mentions of celebrities can spur a political crusade by gaining demographic knowledge that they would possibly have trouble doing so. Celebrities and online influencers have a lot of control in the Court of Public Opinion, which politicians can also use for merit in an election cycle.
The dissemination of any paid mention can help provide more transparency in the electoral process, giving celebrities and influencers more information about the reasons why their idols can approve of a candidate.
Trump posted Saturday morning on his social data platform, “Are Democrats allowed to pay $11,000,000, $2,000,000, and $500,000 to get approval from Beyoncé, Oprah, and the Rev. Al [Sharpton]?”
He added: “I don’t believe it! Beyoncé didn’t sing, Oprah did little (she called him” expenses “), and it’s just a third rate.
It is not illegal for political campaigns to pay for amendments. A spokesman for the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) said that the verification of facts verifies that “no disposition in the particular FEC regulations addresses mentions of federal candidates. “
However, federal applicants are legally obliged to reveal the bills made in exchange for mentions, according to the FEC spokesman.
Winfrey, who gave the impression of the last vice president Crusade Rally in Philadelphia, denied allegations that she was paid for its approval.
“It’s not true. They didn’t pay me, never,” he told TMZ last month.
Campaigns can pay for expenses similar to celebrity occasions. Winfrey’s production company, Harpo Productions, was paid through Harris’ crusade for production prices for a September live occasion with the vice president and Winfrey, a Harpo spokesman said in November. Winfrey was “at no time did the Crusade obtain an unpublic kingship, and did not obtain any fee from Harpo. “
Beyoncé, who spoke at one of Harris’ crusade rallies in Houston, has also been accused of being paid to endorse Harris, several fact-checking sites have debunked the claim.
FactCheck.org said a Harris campaign official told them the claim “is not true.” PolitiFact said that it had found “no evidence” for the claim and that Beyoncé’s publicist told them it was “beyond ridiculous.”
Meanwhile, the Washington Free Beacon reported in November that Harris’ Crusade had donated two $250,000 bills to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s national nonprofit network, weeks before the MSNBC host put his interview with the Vice President on Oct. 20. Sharpton. Gathering rallies for Harris 3 days after her interview with the Disseminated Vice President.
An MSNBC spokesperson told the Washington Free Beacon in a subsequent article last month that the network is not aware of the contributions.
Trump’s position is unlikely to have a legal effect on Harris, his 2024 crusade or the Democratic Party, however, that may further influence the story among the president-elect’s base that Democrats cheat in elections, a statement Trump has made several times after his 2020 election loss in President Joe Biden. However, there is no evidence to suggest widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
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