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Singer-songwriter Beyoncé endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president at a marketing campaign rally in Houston on Oct. 25. Social media posts have made the unfounded declare that Beyoncé was paid $10 million for the endorsement. We discovered no proof to help the declare, and a Harris marketing campaign official mentioned “it’s not true.”
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Singer-songwriter Beyoncé has a historical past of supporting Democratic presidential candidates, relationship to 2008, when she appeared together with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, at a rally for then-Sen. Barack Obama the day earlier than Election Day.
In July, Beyoncé gave Vice President Kamala Harris permission to make use of her tune “Freedom” throughout her presidential marketing campaign. And Beyoncé was among the many rumored special guests anticipated to look on the Democratic Nationwide Conference in August. (She didn’t.)
It wasn’t till October that Beyoncé officially endorsed Harris. She appeared at an Oct. 25 rally for the vice chairman within the singer’s hometown of Houston, the place she inspired Texans to vote for Harris. “It’s time for America to sing a brand new tune,” she mentioned.
Social media customers have since made the unfounded declare that Beyoncé acquired $10 million in change for her endorsement of Harris.
The declare was shared to X on Oct. 26, the place it was seen greater than 1 million instances, in keeping with the platform. The publish reads, partly, “BREAKING: It’s being reported that Beyonce acquired paid $10 MILLION for her speech final evening.” A screenshot of the publish was additionally shared on Threads.
The same declare was made on X on Oct. 26: “Beyonce was paid $10 million for her 2 minute speech at Kamala’s rally final evening. $5 million {dollars} per minute.”
Beyoncé truly spoke for around four minutes on the Houston rally, and there’s no proof she was paid for it.
The declare was additionally shared on Threads in a publish that referenced Elon Musk’s America PAC freely giving $1 million to registered voters in swing states. The publish mentioned, “So Elon can’t pay somebody for signing a petition, however Kamala will pay somebody 10 million {dollars} to attempt to affect voters?”
Musk’s PAC is at the moment being sued by Philadelphia District Lawyer Larry Krasner for working an unlawful lottery. Federal law prohibits paying folks for registering to vote.
It’s, nevertheless, authorized for a marketing campaign to pay for endorsements, supplied that the expenditures are publicly disclosed. However we discovered no proof to recommend that Beyoncé was paid something for her endorsement, and a Harris marketing campaign official instructed us in an e-mail the social media declare “is just not true.”
The Harris marketing campaign, as of Oct. 17, lists just one endorsement-related expenditure — for $75 — in its Federal Election Fee financial reports. It was made to the League of Conservation Voters, a pro-environment nonprofit, in June, when President Joe Biden was still running for reelection.
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