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The 2024 election is long over, but Trump is still big mad at the celebrities who endorsed Kamala Harris in what feels like a whole lifetime ago. So much so that he is now calling for an investigation into Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Oprah, and Bono. Alleging — without any evidence — that they were illegally paid for their endorsements. Sharing a post on Truth Social questioning how much money Springsteen made for performing at a Harris rally in Atlanta, writing: “ISN’T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION? WHAT ABOUT BEYONCÉ? …AND HOW MUCH WENT TO OPRAH, AND BONO???” Adding that he was calling for “a major investigation” and arguing:
“Candidates aren’t allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment.” With him then sharing another post several hours later where he claimed: “According to news reports, Beyoncé was paid $11,000,000 to walk onto a stage, quickly ENDORSE KAMALA, and walk off to loud booing for never having performed, NOT EVEN ONE SONG!” And again reiterating his claim that Harris illegally paid for her endorsement, adding: “THIS IS AN ILLEGAL ELECTION SCAM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL! IT IS AN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION! BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, OPRAH, BONO AND, PERHAPS, MANY OTHERS, HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO!!!” Okay, so, a few things to unpack here. First of all, again, there is absolutely zero evidence that Harris paid for endorsements. Right, campaign finance law literally requires that campaigns pay the fair-market value to cover the costs of events they host in order to ensure that a company or individual is not giving donations that exceed the federal contribution limits. And when rumors first started swirling about the Harris campaign paying celebrities for their endorsements last year, a senior campaign adviser told reporters that they had followed those campaign finance rules “religiously.” And within the same hour he made that remark, he also took aim at Taylor Swift, who also endorsed Harris. Though Trump’s latest attack was seemingly unprompted and unconnected to anything she has done recently, with him writing: “Has anyone noticed that, since I said “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,” she’s no longer “HOT?”” Though, with that, you have many pointing out that Taylor Swift is still as big as they fucking come, with Axios noting: “Contrary to Trump’s claims, Swift’s wildly successful Eras Tour is estimated to have taken in more than $2 billion, the highest grossing tour ever. She has 14 Grammy wins on 58 nominations. Swift was also the most streamed artist on Spotify in 2024 with 26.6 billion global steams. Her most recent album was the first to have over 300 million streams in a single day.”

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Produced by: Cory Ray, Philip DeFranco
Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry
Art Department: William Crespo
Writing/Research: Lili Stenn, Philip DeFranco
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