President-elect Trump fired off a Saturday put up on Fact Social accusing Democrats of paying celebrities to publicly endorse Vice President Harris, together with MSNBC host Al Sharpton.
“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? I don’t think so,” the previous president wrote.
“Beyoncé didn’t sing, Oprah didn’t do much of anything (she called it ‘expenses’), and Al is just a third rate Con Man,” he added.
Each Beyonce and Oprah joined Harris on the marketing campaign path. Final month, Oprah mentioned she “was not paid a dime” to seem alongside the Democratic presidential candidate at a stay streamed occasion. Manufacturing charges had been coated by the marketing campaign, nonetheless.
Sharpton, a former minister and civil rights advocate, hosts “PoliticsNation” on MSNBC and interviewed Harris in October. He‘s additionally the founding father of the Nationwide Motion Community, a non-profit advocacy group that obtained $500,000 from Harris weeks earlier than his interview with the candidate, in line with the Washington Free Beacon,, which first reported the story.
Sharpton then held a get out the vote rally for Harris simply three days after the section aired.
MSNBC mentioned that they had no information of the marketing campaign’s donation to the host’s group.
“MSNBC was unaware of the donations made to the National Action Network,” an MSNBC spokesman instructed the Washington Free Beacon. The spokesperson declined to say whether or not the community would take any motion, indicating that it doesn’t touch upon “personnel matters.”
The community didn’t instantly reply to The Hill’s requests for remark.
However on Saturday, Trump questioned the legality of the donation amid Democrats’ scrutiny over Harris’s spending.
“So what is going on here??? Totally against the law, and I have heard there are many others!!!” Trump concluded within the put up.
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