Trump slams Harris's celebrity endorsements, calls Sharpton a ‘con man’
President-elect Trump fired off a Saturday post on Truth Social accusing Democrats of paying celebrities to publicly endorse Vice President Harris, including MSNBC host Al Sharpton.
“Are the Democrats allowed to pay $11,000,000, $2,000,000, and $500,000 to get the ENDORSEMENT of Beyoncé, Oprah, and Reverend Al? I don’t think so,” the former president wrote.
“Beyoncé didn’t sing, Oprah didn’t do much of anything (she called it ‘expenses’), and Al is just a third rate Con Man,” he added.
Both Beyonce and Oprah joined Harris on the campaign trail. Last month, Oprah said she “was not paid a dime” to appear alongside the Democratic presidential candidate at a live streamed event. Production fees were covered by the campaign, however.
Sharpton, a former minister and civil rights advocate, hosts “PoliticsNation” on MSNBC and interviewed Harris in October. He‘s also the founder of the National Action Network, a non-profit advocacy organization that received $500,000 from Harris weeks before his interview with the candidate, according to the Washington Free Beacon,, which first reported the story.
Sharpton then held a get out the vote rally for Harris just three days after the segment aired.
MSNBC said they had no knowledge of the campaign’s donation to the host’s organization.
“MSNBC was unaware of the donations made to the National Action Network,” an MSNBC spokesman told the Washington Free Beacon. The spokesperson declined to say whether the network would take any action, indicating that it does not comment on “personnel matters.”
The network did not immediately respond to The Hill’s requests for comment.
But on Saturday, Trump questioned the legality of the donation amid Democrats’ scrutiny over Harris’s spending.
“So what is going on here??? Totally against the law, and I have heard there are many others!!!” Trump concluded in the post.
Throughout the 2024 presidential campaign cycle, the incoming president took issue with a variety of Harris’s media appearances, including an interview with CBS News in which he claims the network altered her responses before airing.