[Drew68]

It is one of many paths Democrat pols take to riches.

Book deals are how politicians engage in graft. They all do it, both sides. Instead of taking bribes, you just suggest someone in need of a favor buys, oh, 20,000-30,000 copies of your latest book. It's such a scam.

Kamala Harris took in $320k last year from sales of her memoir, more than double her salary as a Senator. The Clintons raked in millions.

Donald Trump, to be fair, saw an uptick in sales of a NYT best-seller he wrote 30 years ago.

[shadeaud]

Fifty shades of animal sex with lots of pictures and personal notes on the “Bronx Cheer” method/ Should be a best seller on the upper West Side and San Francisco

[A_perfect_lady]

Book deals are how politicians engage in graft. They all do it, both sides. Instead of taking bribes, you just suggest someone in need of a favor buys, oh, 20,000-30,000 copies of your latest book. It's such a scam.

I'm ashamed to say this has never occurred to me, but now it makes perfect sense. How the heck would Kamala sell that many books? She only had 66K people vote for her.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

At least Trump's book was written decades before he entered politics. That is very different than the blatant graft and corruption when sitting pols "write" books.

Behind Jim Wright's Book, His Friends, by Richard Burke, New York Times, June 12, 1988

[KevinB]

Don’t leave out the “honorable” mayor of Baltimore.