The president chose Donald Trump accused the Democrats of having violated the law based on reports to which the presidential crusade of Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 paid the approval of celebrities such as singer Beyoncé and the personality of the OPRAH media Winfrey.
Newsweek contacted the Harris 2024 crusade and the National Democratic Committee (DNC) by email for comments on Saturday afternoon.
The mentions of the celebrities can stimulate a political crusade by achieving demographic knowledge that they would possibly have trouble achieving it. Influentic celebrities and people have a lot of control in the Public Opinion Court, which politicians can also use for merits in an electoral cycle.
Disclosing any paid-for endorsements can help bring more transparency into the election process, giving fans of celebrities and influencer audiences more insight into why their idols may choose to endorse a candidate.
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform Saturday morning, “Are the Democrats allowed to pay $11,000,000, $2,000,000, and $500,000 to get the ENDORSEMENT of Beyoncé, Oprah, and Reverend Al [Sharpton]?”
He added: “I don’t think so! Beyoncé didn’t sing, Oprah didn’t do much of anything (she called it ‘expenses’), and Al is just a third rate Con Man. So what is going on here??? Totally against the law, and I have heard there are many others!!!”
It is not illegal for political campaigns to pay for amendments. A spokesperson for the Federal Election Commission (FEC) said the fact-check verifies that “no provision in the FEC regulations in particular 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 appeared at the vice president’s final campaign rally in Philadelphia, has denied claims that she was paid for her endorsement.
“It’s not true. They didn’t pay me, never,” he told TMZ last month.
Campaigns may pay for expenses related to celebrity events. Winfrey’s production company Harpo Productions was paid by the Harris campaign for production costs for a September livestreaming event with the vice president and Winfrey, a Harpo spokesperson told Variety in November. However, the spokesperson said Winfrey was “at no point during the campaign paid a personal fee, nor did she receive a fee from Harpo.”
Beyoncé, who spoke at one of Harris’ campaign rallies in Houston, was also accused of being paid to endorse Harris, but multiple fact-checking sites 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 had donated two $250,000 bills to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s national nonprofit network, weeks before the MSNBC host put on his interview with the vice president on Oct. 20. Sharpton held rallies for Harris 3 days after her interview with the vice president issued.
A MSNBC spokesman told Washington Free Beacon in a later article last month that the “non -conscious” network of contributions.
It is unlikely that Trump’s position has a legal effect on Harris, his 2024 crusade or the Democratic Party, however, that can influence the history of the basis of the elected president that the Democrats deceive in the elections, a statement Trump has done several times after his electoral defeat of 2020 in the president to provide Joe Biden. However, there is no evidence to suggest a generalized electoral fraud in the 2020 elections.
Rachel Dobkin is a Newsweek reporter in New York City. The objective is to inform about politics. Rachel joined Newsweek in October 2023. He graduated from New York State University in Oneonta. You can touch Rachel through email to r. dobkin@newsweek. com. langes: English.