Posted on 04/08/2020 10:22:00 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
California Sen. Kamala Harris has made an unusual fundraising move that is sure to fuel speculation about her prospects to be Joe Biden’s running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket.
Harris, who dropped out of the White House race in December, has set up the kind of arrangement with the Democratic National Committee that is typically reserved for nominees trying to attract large donations from the party’s biggest boosters.
Harris, 55, will host her first virtual fundraiser Thursday under the new agreement. It allows contributors to give the maximum of $357,800, with $2,800 going to retire Harris’ presidential campaign debts and the rest going to the national party.
The senator and the DNC filed paperwork for the arrangement Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, in the first deal of this kind for Democrats this election cycle. Biden and the party chairman, Tom Perez, had been hesitant to enter into the arrangement while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was still actively campaigning against Biden. But Sanders suspended his campaign Wednesday, making Biden the presumptive nominee.
Party officials did not say whether they have asked other former candidates for a similar fundraising arrangement, but that could become moot now that Biden no longer must navigate Sanders as a rival. Regardless, it’s a testament to Harris’ good standing among some of the party’s top donors.
Harris has tried to sidestep speculation about joining the Democratic ticket. “I know that conversation is taking place in the press and among the pundits, and I’m honored to even be considered, if that’s the case,” Harris said Wednesday on ABC’s “The View”
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Biden: “On your knees, Harris.”
Harris: “Okay-dokey.”
She brings nothing
“The most over rated prostitute in California.”
And the most expensive.
Well played sir!
YUP, and on her knees again!
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