Sanders blames election loss on Harris listening to billionaires over working class
www.the-independent.com
Sanders said while Joe Biden has been blamed election loss, it was ultimately Harris’s fault for cosying up to billionaires
  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
    18·
    2 months ago

    The war chest was campaign money for the biden/harris ticket, so if they went with someone who wasn’t on the ticket they couldn’t spend the money.

    This was the convenient excuse they manufactured so they could appear as though their hands were tied when just running biden again, and then kamala when that failed.

    • doingthestuff@lemy.lolEnglish
      19·
      2 months ago

      She burned through something like a billion and a half dollars if I remember right. She gave a shitload to rich celebrity endorsements.

      • TheHiddenCatboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        2 months ago

        This in particular pissed me off. Soon as the news broke, here’s me:

        “Are you fucking kidding me?! You make the rich celebrities pay YOU, not the other way around. If they have to be paid to endorse you, then they aren’t fucking endorsing you. They’re making their down payment on bribery!”