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Why Did Biden Pick Kamala? Follow the Money
Sultan KnishHow much did it cost to buy Biden's VP Spot? About $3.5 million. That's how much Senator Kamala Harris' virtual fundraiser for Biden brought in back in June. That not only beat Hillary’s total, but swamped every other Democrat fundraiser for Biden, except the Obama one, which brought in over $6 million for his old incontinent flunky, and Warren, who brought in more money in total, but had the misfortune of being a white woman. The virtual fundraisers were the real beauty contest for the money hungry Bidens. And Kamala Harris won them in a swimsuit of money long before the official announcement was even made. Susan Rice could hardly compete with a paltry $24,000 donation to Biden. "She’s been a fighter and a principled leader and I know because I’ve seen her up close, and I’ve seen her in the trenches," Biden gushed about the California politician. The trenches that Biden had in mind weren’t in the fields of France, but at high-end fundraisers. Another one of Kamala’s virtual fundraisers for Biden in July brought in another million. It’s been estimated that Kamala raised a total of $5 million for Biden. What was Kamala's secret? She's plugged into a network of wealthy donors who got her to the Senate. And then poured over $40 million into her failed presidential campaign. The fundraisers showed Biden what Kamala could bring to the party. And it wasn’t just money. A Kamala fundraiser for Biden featured Diplo, DJ D-Nice, Jermaine Dupri and DJ Cassidy. It probably doesn't hurt that Kamala's husband is an entertainment industry lawyer. It wasn’t just Willie Brown who got Kamala to the top. It was money. Kamala had built her political career on tapping into big money in San Francisco and then statewide. She routinely outspent her opponents in her political campaigns. In 2016, she bought the Senate race by raising over $15 million and outspending her opponent almost 4 to 1. More than half of her presidential campaign was funded by $23 million in large contributions. That, and not small donors, is what Biden has been running on. After Kamala Harris dropped out, the Biden campaign "aggressively" pursued her donors. Now he doesn't need to. After the DNC’s clown car primary with its obsession with small donors, the jackass party is jettisoning the pretense that it cares about anything other than big donors and their giant wads of cash. As CNBC notes, "her addition to the ticket could help push the Biden campaign over the top in the cash race with Trump." Michael Kempner, a top Democrat donor and the head of one of the country’s biggest PR firms, gushed, "she has a strong and active fundraising organization. She will be an important and immediate addition to the Biden fundraising effort. She is a fundraising star." It’s about the money. It was always about the money. Did anyone seriously think that Biden would pick Stacey Abrams, Rep. Karen Bass, or Susan Rice, when he can marry Mrs. Moneybags for her money and the donors that come with it? And the fact that she can pose as "law & order" candidate based on her history won't hurt with Democratic voters shocked by Antifa/BLM riots. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-08-14 |
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