Trump supported Harris’ re-election bid when she was California’s attorney general, one of many political donations he has made to Democrats over the years.
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Former President Donald Trump donated not once but twice to re-elect Kamala Harris as California attorney general.
California records show that Trump contributed $5,000 in September 2011 to Harris’s 2014 re-election campaign and another $1,000 in February 2013. His daughter Ivanka Trump also donated to the campaign, contributing $2,000 in 2014.
Harris was elected attorney general in 2011 and re-elected in 2014. She served until 2017, when she was sworn into the United States Senate.
But Harris did not keep the $6,000 from Trump, a spokesperson said. told the Sacramento Bee In 2020, she donated the money to a “nonprofit that advocates for civil and human rights for Central Americans” in 2015, when she was re-elected and launching a Senate campaign.
News of Trump’s contribution came after Biden picked Harris as his vice presidential running mate in 2020 and again this week after he endorsed her for president.
On Sunday, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., tweeted out image of Trump’s 2011 check sent to Harris’ campaign, calling it “a wise investment.”
Trump has financially supported numerous Democrats throughout his life — in fact, as NPR reportedMost of his political contributions went to Democrats until about 2010.
He acknowledged that history on the 2016 campaign trail, speaking at a rally“I have to give them, because when I want something, I get it. When I call, they flatter me.”
“I looked at the people I was running against. I contributed to most of them — can you believe it?” he said. “I contributed to everybody. I contributed to the Democrats. I contributed to Hillary. I contributed to everybody, because that’s my job.”
