New Kamala Harris marketing campaign disclosures reveal that the extent of funds made to entities linked with celebrities who endorsed the vp was extra prevalent than beforehand realized.
A manufacturing firm owned by NBA celebrity Lebron James, obtained a $50,000 cost months after he endorsed vp Kamala Harris for president.
‘After I take into consideration my youngsters and my household and the way they’ll develop up, the selection is obvious to me. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!!!,’ James wrote on social media to his greater than 200 million followers on X and Instagram.
James additionally posted a video suggesting that President Donald Trump was racist towards black folks.
The Harris marketing campaign disclosure revealed that her marketing campaign paid James’ manufacturing firm, SpringHill Leisure for ‘marketing campaign occasion manufacturing, in keeping with the Washington Free Beacon, who first reported the main points of the cost.
James by no means campaigned for Harris, however his manufacturing firm labored with Harris to provide the advert, titled Hate Takes US Again.
‘We’re thrilled to have collaborated on producing this advert for LeBron James as he formally endorses Kamala Harris,’ the corporate wrote in a social media publish on the time.
The cost was not formally made till January 28, 2025, days after Trump was inaugurated, and eventually disclosed months later.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris poses for a gaggle image with LeBron James and different members of the U.S. males’s Olympic basketball workforce,
LeBron James on a podcast interview
Houston native Beyonce Knowles hugs Vice President Kamala Harris throughout her rally
The cost to James is yet another instance of how the Harris marketing campaign helped shift funds towards celebrities as they agreed to endorse the vp.
The marketing campaign paid $165,000 to Beyoncé’s workforce for a 4 minute marketing campaign rally speech in Houston Texas and $58,867 to Cardi B’s firm Washpoppin INC. for ‘marketing campaign occasion manufacturing’ in keeping with the Free Beacon.
Cardi B famously claimed she ‘did not receives a commission a greenback’ after she was accused on social media of getting paid by the marketing campaign to endorse Harris.
‘I really got here out of pocket for glam and journey as a result of it is someplace I wished to be,’ she stated.
The Harris marketing campaign cost to Cardi B’s firm occurred after the election.
Vice President of the USA Kamala Harris delivered remarks at a marketing campaign rally
Singer Woman Gaga performs at a rally for Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia,
Different funds revealed the Harris marketing campaign paid $132,753 to Mermaid Touring, the corporate of pop idol Woman Gaga, $132,335 to August 8, Inc., the corporate owned by Gracie Abrams, and $98,000 to TGK Touring, the corporate of R&B singer Khalid.
Probably the most eye-popping cost kind the Harris marketing campaign examine to Oprah’s manufacturing firm for $1 million.
The marketing campaign additionally paid $500,000 to Al Sharpton’s non revenue earlier than showing in an interview with the MSNBC anchor and $100,000 to an Obama linked firm for marketing campaign appearances.
Adrienne Elrod, who served as a senior spokesperson for the marketing campaign, instructed Deadline they don’t pay celebrities.
Regardless of accusations and rumors of celebrities getting checks from the marketing campaign, the Harris marketing campaign insisted they weren’t paying anybody for his or her endorsements or marketing campaign exercise.
‘Now we have by no means paid any artist and performer. Now we have by no means paid a charge to that individual,’ Adrienne Elrod, who served as a senior spokesperson for the marketing campaign instructed Deadline in November.
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