Hollywood Democrats have opened the door to donations to Vice President Kamala Harris as her presidential campaign intensifies with a series of celebrity endorsements.
Democratic fundraiser actor George Clooney, who called on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 campaign in a July 10 op-ed in The New York Times, addressed Harry on Tuesday morning after Biden withdrew over the weekend. Si expressed support.
Cloney said in a statement to CNN’s Jake Tapper: “President Biden has shown what true leadership is. He has saved democracy once again. We are all excited to do this.” We can do everything we can to support Vice President Harris in her historic pursuit.
“Lost” producer Damon Lindelof said on Monday that his call for a so-called “embargo” on Hollywood donations to Democrats since Biden passed the torch has been dropped.
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Actor George Clooney and Vice President Kamala Harris. (Neil P. Mockford | Shen Ting/Bloomberg)
Lindelof posted on Instagram that he felt “deep relief and gratitude…and, for the first time, truly excited about the upcoming election” after Biden’s decision.
“You could say the embargo is lifted. Here it is. Us. GOOOOOOOOOO!” Lindelof added.
As Biden exits the race, Hollywood heavyweights including rapper Cardi B, Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis, TV producer Shonda Rhimes and others have expressed enthusiastic support for Harris .
Andy Spahn, president of Hollywood Democratic fundraiser and consulting firm Gonring, Lin, Spahn, told Reuters, “We fully support Kamala Harris! The moment she announced this decision, we Start working for her.
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Hollywood celebrities, from left to right, including Jamie Lee Curtis, Barbra Streisand and rapper Cardi B, have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president after President Biden dropped out. (Rodan Eckenroth/Matt Winkelmayer/Chance Yeh/Getty Images)
The vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee made her first official visit to her campaign headquarters on Monday night, stepping out to the tune of Beyoncé’s song “Freedom.” CNN (CNN) reported that Harris’ team received approval from Beyoncé’s representatives to use the song.
A June fundraiser hosted by Clooney and actress Julia Roberts raised more than $30 million, which the Biden campaign said was the largest Democratic fundraiser in history.
However, after Biden’s poor performance in the June 27 presidential debate with Republican candidate former President Trump, Cloney and others publicly called on the president to end his campaign.
Disney heiress Abigail Disney, who has said “the Democratic Party is going to lose” if Biden leads, told CNBC that Harris would be a great candidate and said she had resumed her donations to the Democratic Party.
“I support her,” actor Bradley Whitford, who plays a fictional White House staffer on “The West Wing,” posted on “X.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign received a large amount of donations from Hollywood after she became the Democratic presidential candidate. (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)
Curtis, who won an Oscar for her performance in “The Good Luck,” expressed her support for Biden’s decision to endorse Harris. Singer Barbra Streisand said Harris “will continue the work of Joe Biden and will be a great president.”
Rhimes, the creator of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal,” posted a photo of herself standing with Harris and offering her support.
“I supported her when she ran for Senate in 2016; [vice president] I continue to support her today,” Rhimes wrote on Instagram.
There are many more celebrity endorsements, including “Queen” actress Viola Davis, “Abbott Elementary” actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles.
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Cardi B proudly claimed that she called on Harris to replace Biden shortly after the June 27 presidential debate.
The musician wrote on X: “Hahahaha let’s go I told Yair Kamala should be the candidate in 2024.”
Reuters contributed to this report.
