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"Top Democratic Party officials are concerned that the Harris-Walz campaign crossed the finish line with tens of millions of dollars in debt that could now be the party's problem.
Party officials are now scrutinizing how the campaign spent its funds, having raised over $1 billion before Election Day. FEC filings already show shocking payments to celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and tens of millions in event spending and social media influence.
"How do you raise a historic amount of money and not win a single swing state?" one Harris aide told Axios. "The honest answer is: I don't know. It seems we lost the national narrative, and that's what we need to diagnose."
FEC filings show the Harris campaign made two $500,000 payments to Oprah Winfrey’s production company, Harpo, on Oct. 15, a month after Winfrey appeared with Harris at a town hall event and weeks before Oprah was on stage with Harris at a Philadelphia rally before Election Day.
The long list of celebrities that joined Harris on the campaign trail included Beyoncé, Bon Jovi, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez and Bruce Springsteen.
The Washington Examiner also reported that the Harris campaign spent over $12 million on digital media consultants and spent six figures on building a set for Harris’s appearance on the popular Call Her Daddy podcast with host Alex Cooper.
The campaign spent at least $15 million on "event production," FEC records show, with many payments lining up with high profile events and concerts with celebrity attendees or performers.
The truth is this is just an epic disaster, this is a $1 billion disaster, Lindy Li, Harris surrogate and DNC National Finance Committee member, told "Fox & Friends Weekend" on Saturday."
