Who’s Behind the Harris Campaign Donation Tsunami?

On with Kara Swisher

New York Magazine

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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How did Vice President Kamala Harris raise a historic $126 million in just over 48 hours for her 2024 presidential run? The Harris campaign says 1.4 million voters and key constituencies chipped in after President Biden pulled out of the race, but maybe even more important: Harris has long-standing ties to tech titans in Silicon Valley and influential celebrities in Hollywood. On today’s show, Kara discusses the BIG money behind the blue flood with two top campaign finance reporters, Wall Street Journal reporter Emily Glazer and Teddy Schleifer from The New York Times. They also discuss how Harris’s haul compares with the pledges to former President Trump from Elon Musk and his cohort. Plus: will a complaint from Trump’s campaign keep Harris from accessing the $96 million left in the Biden/Harris war chest? Questions? Comments? Email us at [email protected] or find Kara on Threads/Instagram @karaswisher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:30.0	Today we've got part two of our crazy week in politics, the money talk.
1:35.1	President Biden's decision to drop out was about age, sure, but it was also about
1:39.3	dollars and cents, which is what all campaigns are really about. Big donors have been closing
1:44.8	their wallets. Some fundraisers were being canceled and others backfired like
1:48.8	when George Clooney held one and then wrote an op-ed telling Biden to save democracy by signing out.
1:55.7	Many people in Silicon Valley have been expressing worries to me over the last few weeks too,
2:00.3	especially because Trump seemed to have recruited some of the Silicon Valley bad guys like
2:04.9	Elon Musk to raise money for him and they felt overwhelmed.
2:09.4	Well the dog days are over.
2:11.4	Kamala Harris's presidential campaign announcement triggered a blue tsunami of donations,
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