Rich donors dissatisfied with Kamala Harris's performance debate

Senator Kamala Harris' discussion Thursday failed to impress many of her party's big donors who opposed her candidacy.

In approaching the primary Democratic debate in Houston, Harris's closest supporters privately acknowledged that if she did not run against her opponents and did not clearly define her policy, wealthy donors could avoid her campaign.

Many of them hoped that the aggressive tactics she had used in the first debate would reoccur, while she blamed former Vice President Joe Biden for agreeing to work as a senator with segregationists in the United States. the 1970s.

Now, these sources say that these uncommitted contributors are still not convinced that they can dedicate their wide area networks to its sole cause.

Harris has relied on contributors willing to donate up to $ 2,800 (the maximum amount allowed by law) to fund his run for president.

Since the start of his campaign in January, Harris has raised more than $ 14 million from major individual contributors, according to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics. This total equals 56% of its $ 24 million transported. She finished harvesting nearly $ 12 million in the second quarter.

At least 45% of Harris's contributions come from Golden State.

According to an average of Real Clear Politics polls, Harris ranks fourth among the candidates for the Democratic presidency with 7% of the vote.

While a campaign spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment, Harris sent out a massive email on Friday morning, in which she explained that her comments on the debate scene "had conquered many new supporters in this fight "and that their organization" focused our resources on on capturing the momentum of last night ".

A source close to a political fundraising center in California, Harris's state of origin and an area where she dominated the fund-raising game, said Friday that she had struggled to convince his donors to support his candidacy before the debate. The negative opinion has not changed after the debate.

"I do not think anything has changed and it's sinister," said the person. At the debate stage, this person said that donors believe that Ms. Harris is still not "clear on her message and strategy". They liked the "Trump focus," said this person, "but there was too much weird laughter and canned lines."

He added that most of their donors wanted to help former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Elizabeth Warren or Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

Harris opened the third debate directing to President Donald Trump and suggested that he would have been indicted if the Ministry of Justice guidelines were different.

"The only reason you have not been charged, is because there was a note at the Department of Justice that a sitting president can not be charged with". a crime, "she said.

However, a bank official in New York who summoned her privately to prove that she is the best alternative to Biden said on Friday that she did not show up for the other nine candidates and that she had played too cautiously.

"You have to participate in these debates and score points, otherwise she will not have any more money for her," said this person. "She did not score points."

Another group in Los Angeles, which has contributed to his campaign but has not yet opened his network to the California legislature, has felt that Harris would have no orientation as a candidate. "She is now downgraded and corrected for herself," said this contributor. "Now, it looks like she's been schooled and without direction."

Harris is preparing to participate in a fundraising tour that starts in Houston and ends on the west coast. His loyal financial backers do not seem to be going anywhere in the aftermath of the debate, even though some of their colleagues are not willing to follow suit at this time.

"Harris crushes everything," said a wealthy New York donor who helps her in her campaign but helped to raise millions for Obama and Hillary Clinton.