Oprah, Kamala, and the Death of Celebrity Endorsements

Vice President Kamala Harris pulled out all the stops when it came to lining up the proverbial A-list of celebrity endorsements. They came. They saw. But they most assuredly did not conquer. It was an epic fail as a litany of celebrities lined up to join campaign Kamala. They spoke, some were expected to sing but didn’t, and, in the end, no one was listening. Why in the world would that be?

The legacy media did its level best to convince the American electorate that everything was just fine and dandy, but this message belied reality. The folks in the great outdoors weren’t drinking the Kool-Aid. The narratives that ultra-wealthy Hollywood elites were selling simply didn’t ring true with the average Joe, who was forking 29% more overall for food.

Celebrity Endorsements — A No Show

The glitz and glamour from Taylor Swift to Bruce Springsteen fell flat. Not to mention (but we shall mention it anyway) the news that Harpo Productions, owned by Oprah Winfrey — whose net worth was listed at $2.5 billion in 2023 — raked in a cool million from the Democratic Party for her endorsement of Harris. And chatter is rife that Ms. Winfrey was not the only beneficiary of Kamala’s donation-fueled largesse.

Nice work if you can get it.

Just the News reported Nov. 11 that the $1 million cash outlay “is just one example of how much campaign money went to celebrities and entertainers.” The Democrats raised an historic amount for the Harris campaign, with estimates reaching more than $1 billion while finishing $18-20 million in the red. […]

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