Major Dem donors snubbed Harris-led fundraiser, WSJ reports

Democratic donors have reportedly pulled out of a significant fundraising occasion for former Vice President Kamala Harris, with one even sending a “profanity-laced rejection letter,” a report mentioned Wednesday.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the Democratic Nationwide Committee (DNC) has struggled to boost cash throughout President Donald Trump’s second time period.

In keeping with a number of folks “accustomed to the conversations,” the DNC tried to achieve main donors via the San Francisco-based fundraiser earlier this 12 months, however most had declined.

“Upon receiving the invitation, somebody responded with a profane rejection,” the report mentioned. Others mentioned they didn’t wish to give something to the occasion till it had drawn up substantive plans to win elections. Those that refused informed the nationwide occasion that that they had obligations and that they may not fulfill them.’

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The Democratic Nationwide Committee has considerably much less money available than the Republican Nationwide Committee, the WSJ reported. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)

The Wall Road Journal reported that the DNC finally discovered a donor to host the occasion, however it “raised lower than organizers had hoped.”

It added that this response, along with a major drop in funding, might be a response to frustrations over Harris’ failed presidential marketing campaign and the shortage of a brand new recreation plan for the midterm elections.

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“A prime official of a nationwide Democratic group mentioned some donors stay offended about the way in which their cash was spent by exterior teams in final 12 months’s presidential election, together with what they see as extreme salaries for consultants in Washington, D.C. The official mentioned the occasion has failed to finish a public post-election investigation into what went unsuitable in 2024,” the report mentioned.

A fundraising marketing campaign by former Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly didn’t elevate as a lot cash because the Democratic Celebration had hoped. (Susan Walsh, file/AP photograph)

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Rachel Pritzker, president of the suppose tank Third Manner, additionally informed The Wall Road Journal: “It is stunning how little reassessment the occasion and its management have carried out.”

Nevertheless, some had been extra optimistic in regards to the occasion’s possibilities, with some donors reportedly focusing extra on state-level elections, corresponding to Abigail Spanberger’s bid for Virginia governor.

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In keeping with The Wall Road Journal, the DNC has about $12 million in money reserves, in comparison with the $86 million held by the Republican Nationwide Committee. Though some informed The Wall Road Journal this was a mirrored image of the occasion out of energy elevating much less cash. Others believed it was an indication of the rising schism between progressive and institution candidates.

Different donors have shifted to supporting extra candidates on the state degree, corresponding to Abigail Spanberger. (AP Photograph/Mark Schiefelbein)

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