President Trump is taking aim at country music singer Beyoncé for allegedly receiving a $11 million payment from former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Over the weekend, Donald Trump expressed his displeasure on his Truth Social app, criticizing Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, and Rev. Al Sharpton for allegedly accepting payments to endorse Harris for president in 2024.
Trump asserted that Beyoncé received $11 million to perform for less than 20 minutes at a political rally in Houston in support of Harris. He also claimed that Oprah Winfrey received $3 million for an interview with Harris and that Al Sharpton received $600,000 from the Harris campaign.
Trump declared that accepting money for political endorsements is “completely illegal” and that Beyoncé was “not permitted to do so.”
Trump expressed concern that politics would become a chaotic mess if every candidate paid celebrities to endorse them.
Furthermore, Trump criticized TV news networks that allegedly accepted payments from the Harris campaign. He asserted that their broadcast “licenses could, and should, be revoked” for covering up for Harris.
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However, receipts reveal that Harris paid Beyoncé’s production company $165,000 for “event production” at the rally in Houston. Additionally, a Harris campaign staffer clarified to Deadline.com that they do not pay for celebrity endorsements. Despite these revelations, no wrongdoing has ever been proven.
A Harris spokesperson directed CNN to an Instagram post by Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, who dismissed the claim of a $10 million payment as a “lie.”
According to CNN, there is no federal law prohibiting payments for endorsements.
Trump continues to advocate for the prosecution of his political opponents, even after multiple Democratic prosecutors indicted him on RICO charges leading up to the 2024 elections on November 5, 2024.
