The Mystery of the Harris Campaign’s Runaway Spending
2024 Presidential Election,Kamala Harris,Banking And Finance
Money may not be able to buy you love, but “joy” is extremely expensive.
Shane Goldmacher reports in the New York Times, ‘all told, the Biden and Harris campaigns collectively raised about $2.15 billion, two people said.” For comparison, the Biden campaign raised and spent a bit more than $1 billion in the 2020 cycle.
Goldmacher’s article clarifies a bit about the Harris campaign’s runaway spending, but then raises other questions. Either the Harris campaign did not end with debt, as had been previously reported, or they raised enough to cover those debts:
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