Harris’ campaign blew $2.6M on private jets in final weeks of campaign
By Jon Levine,
Rich Calder and
Matthew Sedacca
Published Nov. 16, 2024, 7:18 a.m. ET
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign shelled out $2.6 million on private jet travel in the final, dying gasps of her presidential run — bringing her failed campaign’s total tally on the environmentally unfriendly mode of transportation to a staggering $12 million, records show.
As Harris’ team desperately shuttled across the nation to host rallies and coax voter turnout between Oct. 1 and Oct. 17, her campaign ponied up nearly $2.2 million to the south Florida-based company Private Jet Services Group, along with $430,000 to Arlington, Va.-based charter flight broker Advanced Aviation Team, according to Federal Election Commission data.
The reliance on private jets, which can be up to 14 times more polluting than commercial flights, flies in the face of her 2019 doom-saying that global warming is an “existential threat” to humanity, as well as calls on the campaign trail for Americans to reduce their carbon emissions to stop global warming.
“Kamala Harris and a lot of pro-climate leaders have a lot of hypocrisy with the words that they state and the realities they must think are real,” Benji Backer, founder and executive chairman of the American Conservation Coalition, told The Post
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But The Post combed over the campaign’s most FEC filings and found the campaign also splurged on:
$12,097 on food delivery from Uber Eats and DoorDash since July
At least $12,081 on ice cream pints and parlors like Sweet Lucy’s Ice Cream and Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams after President Biden was booted from the top of the ticket.
$6,000 for a “site fee” at the board game cafe Snakes and Lattes in Tempe, Ariz., where Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made a campaign stop to press college students to turnout on Election Day.
$62,772 in room and catering fees at the posh, five-star Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington, DE, when Biden still running for office. A luxury king-bed room complete with soaking tub currently runs $500 a night.
$9,600 on food and drinks at Pebble Bar near Rockefeller Center, which counts celebs Pete Davidson, in March, also while Biden still the Dem presidential nominee.
“Nobody should be shocked that Kamala Harris is not being sworn in on Jan 20,” GOP consultant Erin Perrine said.
“Instead of getting the message out, they wanted to have a party. That’s not how it works.”
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