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Kamala Harris’ campaign was wiped off the map for spending $1 BILLION and still losing: ‘What the f***!’

The teams of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are blaming each other for wasting more than $1 billion in donor money on a disastrous presidential campaign.

Since Donald Trump’s historic victory, Democrats have been in disarray over the inability of their significant war chest to fend off the Republican – whom they view as a “threat to democracy” – who has spent a fraction of that amount .

President Joe Biden’s poor performance in his debate with Trump in June, which led to him being forced to resign by Democratic Party leaders very late in the election cycle, is to blame for Kamala’s loss, say Harris aides.

But Biden aides say the vice president ran a terrible three-month campaign and wasted millions of dollars from their top donors.

“How did you spend $1 billion without winning? What the hell?’ said a former Biden staffer who was outraged by the Harris team’s apology.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' White House aides and campaign team are feuding over who is responsible for spending more than $1.2 billion on a losing presidential election

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ White House aides and campaign team are feuding over who is responsible for spending more than $1.2 billion on a losing presidential election

In total, the Harris campaign spent $1.2 billion on the race, while Trump’s campaign spent $750 million, the Financial Times reported. analysis found.

There is evidence that the race was much more expensive than that.

The Harris campaign, its affiliated PACs and the Democratic National Committee collected more than $2.3 billion in political contributions.

Donald Trump’s team, affiliated PACs and the Republican National Committee have raised $1.8 billion.

After raising nearly $4.2 billion, they spent a combined $3.5 billion on the presidential race, making it the most expensive race ever, according to the analysis.

Despite spending less, Trump ultimately defeated Harris in the electoral and popular vote — something the Republican Party hasn’t done in decades.

As a result, an angry storm of criticism has erupted within the Democratic leadership.

White House and campaign workers are relentless in their blaming over whether the president or vice president really dropped the ball.

Both Democratic campaigns spent hundreds of millions on ads delivering this message, but it didn’t work.

Not only did their campaign end in disaster, but to make matters worse, the operation is reportedly $20 million in debt, Politico reports.

Jen O’Malley Dillon, Harris’ campaign manager, nearly burst into tears during a staff call Thursday evening, sources revealed on the call to Axios.

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election on the campus of Howard University in Washington, Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election on the campus of Howard University in Washington, Wednesday, November 6, 2024

“I don’t like emotion, I don’t do that,” she said. Then she started choking.

“You are great people who did something great, and you came very close.”

A Harris campaign official expressed his dismay after the emotional phone call with top Harris campaign officials.

“It was divorced from the reality of what happened,” they said of the call.

“We’re told the fate of democracy is at stake, and then the message was, ‘We’ll get them next time.’

Another Harris campaign official said they felt misled by those running the operation.

“People are depressed and frustrated about the campaign’s overconfident leadership,” the spokesperson said.

‘We did what we could. I think the odds were insurmountable against us,” a Kamala campaign official said.

Although the vice president’s campaign did not begin until after Biden resigned on July 21, it had pledged as much as $200 million to her within a week, the newspaper said. Wall Street Journal.

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage to address supporters during his rally at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage to address supporters during his rally at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024

Liberal donors flocked to her, believing she could pick up the mantle left by Biden and run a campaign focused primarily on stopping Trump’s return.

Portraying Trump as an anti-democracy, fascist and demagogue incapable of wielding the reigns of the most powerful office on earth has been the central hallmark of both the Biden and Harris campaigns.

In fact, the Harris campaign distributed more than $650 million in ads from July 22 through Election Day.

According to AdImpact, Trump has spent about $380 million on ads in that time.

Republicans made effective gains among every demographic group, the voting data show.

Trump made gains among Latinos, black men, urban and younger voters, while Harris captured many college-educated voters.

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